Word: gems
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other hand, McCloskey has been able to adequately represent them, it can only be hoped that they will recognize the gem that they have in their hands--a practitioner of the politics of conscience rather than politics as usual...
...talk about movies. He gets such a kick out of telling you how many he's been a part of and how many famous folks he rubs elbows with. He's contributed to the scripts of such winners as "Regarding Henry," "My Year of Living Dangerously," and that cultural gem, "The Firm." (The exciting mail fraud bit was all his idea!) You bristle every time you hear "X, a real fascinating guy. I know him well." Of course you do, Uncle Mort...
...Most of my friends used to live in homes," says a woman who lives in a tent. "Now they're camping." This was outside Telluride, the too-precious- for-words old Colorado mining gem that perches way up there in the San Juan Range like a jay's nest in a ponderosa pine. The woman, Jill Mattioli, 28, used to have an apartment in town -- back when she could afford it. Now she lives off in the woods near others who service Telluride in manifold ways but whose purchasing power is so weak they sleep in their cars, in campers...
...Arnold is a gem--Roseanne's estranged husband does have some talent apart from her after all. And the movie is fun. Go see it in the theater. But if you see it with your significant other, be prepared to sign up for tango lessons afterwards. The life of a spy is a difficult...
...then reached back to its first album Junta, for "You enjoy Myself," the chorus to which is the often debate subject among "phans." ("What's Uffitze? Drive me to Firenze" or "Wash you Feets-e, drive me to Firenze" --the band won't say). Friday's version was a gem with "Frankenstein" sandwiched into the jam section. As the final section of the piece ended, (ana capella vocal improvisation), Anastasio cut into the bluesy, shuffle riff of "Julius," only the third pieces of the night from Hoist. The album version is one of Phish's best pieces of studio material...