Word: gifting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Horse Whisperer, a romantic yarn in which a Montana cowboy with a mystical gift for communicating with horses has a torrid affair with a British-born magazine editor from New York, caused a stir in publishing and Hollywood circles as soon as the manuscript began circulating last fall. Robert Redford and Disney ponied up $3 million for movie rights; Dell Publishing won North American book rights for $3.15 million; and foreign rights topped $2 million. And that was before Evans had even finished writing the book...
...hope our gift means the directorship will continue to be held by people of Nancy's caliber," Sosland said. "And that talented students like Rob will enjoy the pursuit of knowledge and effective communication through writing...
...film specifically tackles how certain groups within the black community are embraced or rejected in the forging of a black identity. It is an extremely ambitious and certainly important goal, and one which Riggs intended to be his dying gift to society before his death, which occurred before the film could be completed...
...capital-gains-tax cut) in populist clothing. Above all, Republicans refuse to let mere principle get in the way of political victory. I'm not talking about universal principles such as truth and intellectual integrity. Both parties are adept at abandoning these trifles. But the Republicans have a special gift for putting aside their own particular political principles, if necessary, in order to win elections...
...worn props. Even so, Moon over Buffalo has an especially familiar feel. To see it once is almost to see it twice, given how much daje vu is involved. You recognize this comic turn from Kiss Me, Kate, that one from a Preston Sturges film. But Ludwig has a gift for making the conventional convivial. Whether you know it or not, you have spent your share of mornings in '50s Buffalo. And you had a good time there...