Word: generous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nirvana's unexpected stardom that seemed to eat at him. He appeared unusually tortured by success, even in a profession famous for containing people who are tortured by success. "He was a very bright, sweet, generous and caring individual, perhaps a little too sweet and sensitive for the business he was in," says Michael Azerrad, author of Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana. Danny Goldberg, the former head of Nirvana's management company who now runs Atlantic Records, says, "In all the years I knew him, he had very mixed feelings about being on this planet." Goldberg remembers...
...thinly veiled ethnic slurs and body-part jokes, the movie can-not even be offensive. It does not stretch good taste any further than the average bad sitcom or thirty-second spot for anti-perspirant. Instead, it just joins a long line of Hollywood films accepted by the generous arms of pop culture. Quickly produced with their sequels released even more efficiently, they keep the shelves of the nation's video rental stores amply stocked. The Indians have not only forgotten how to play baseball, but also how to be funny. In the end the laughter comes from force...
...other cases in modern music of a musician inheriting a musical tradition [tango] growing so moribund in its structure and mannerisms, and growing so stiff in its political implications and social function, who so singlehandedly transformed it into a breathing, complex, sensual and powerful music." Even such generous praise is understated; Piazzolla's impact and importance reach far beyond his work in and influence on tango, moving towards a redefinition of the depths of the emotion that can be reached through music...
Friends interviewed last year described bothLee and Sword as generous and ethical. Those whoknew that two students discounted suggestions thatthey might have taken the money...
Because of this process, Turk says there is a"generous rate of return" on capital improvements...