Word: ghosts
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...York University, they were horrified. Now they feel a lot better. In 1997, five years after his graduation, Walt Disney Studios paid Shyamalan $2.5 million for the screenplay of the Bruce Willis thriller The Sixth Sense and let the young writer direct the movie as well. The ghost tale has earned more than $680 million worldwide since its release last year and garnered six Academy Award nominations. "If it hadn't grossed $100 million," he laughs, "I don't know what my parents would have done...
...picture that is being painted of the Texas criminal justice system has little sign of "compassionate conservatism," and some signs of flippant cruelty and injustice. And in 131 stories of mostly poor men and minorities having their lives ended by the state, there might just be another ghost ready to rise up and haunt Bush all summer. While he's at the house, George W. should ask his dad about another political ghoul: Willie Horton. But the younger Bush's version would be an innocent man - and a deliciously handy martyr for Al Gore...
...have all often been too busy, focused upon our own desires and obligations, to stop and listen to the voices from the walls and lintels of the Yard in the last four years, too busy to acknowledge the presence of the ghosts in our Harvard lives, those spirits who have influenced us and everyone around us. But Commencement in the magic year 2000 is as good a time as any for administrators and students alike to stop and listen to the voices of the Yard and to acknowledge the influence of Harvard's ghosts. Perhaps they will serve...
...good under the daily spotlight of a long and scrutinized campaign. As Lazio comes on in a telegenic rush, Clinton is quietly creeping around the state, sticking steadfastly to issues and safe shots like Lazio's ties to Gingrich. Her negative ratings are already high enough to give the ghost of Nixon himself a shot at this thing, and they were that way before Lazio ever said a word. Lazio's negatives, meanwhile, are almost nonexistent. When he takes off on his own statewide tour this week, he might be wary of letting Clinton keep that high road that Giuliani...
...this spooky thriller, Pfeiffer is happily married to Ford, a college professor, when she begins to suspect that their house is being haunted. She soon discovers that her perfect husband is not so perfect after all, and the ghost that's haunting them may or may not be the spirit of a murdered student her husband once had an affair with. Based on an idea by Steven Spielberg, the film promises to be a sly adventure, full of twists and surprises, comparable to The Sixth Sense. Zemekis has wrapped his production in a shroud of secrecy, although the film...