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Cohen is too hysterical from the start; her high-pitched squeals obstruct a gradual intensification of mood. Instead of the sexually jaded 30-year-old character whose bitterness would seem plausible, Cohen comes off as a virginal 17-year-old who cannot hold her end of the powerful dialogue. She is unconvincing when delivering brutal lines like "You middle-class Black bastard. Forget your social-working mother for a few seconds and let's knock stomachs. Clay, you liver-lipped white...
...breakdown of the Harvard results shows thatwhile both men and women support Clinton over Bushby similar margins, a gradual shift in votingbehavior appeared through the four class years.Results varied widely from house to house, as didthose from different campus ethnic groups...
Stradlin, the enigmatic lyricist and rhythm guitarist so unlike the whole Guns N' Roses image developed in the media, never really participated in all those infamous publicity-grabbing antics of the band (though he did once piss in a trash can on a commercial airline). His gradual withdrawal from the obligatory fast-paced lifestyle and lack of enthusiasm for the tour, the videos and even the production of the long-awaited new albums served as warning signs to fans and the media. So when Axl confirmed Izzy's departure on a live radio interview, fans may have been disappointed...
...grew together faster than he wanted. Brandt advocated a gradual merger of the two Germanys, not the virtual annexation of one by the other, and raised his voice to warn of the dangers of haste and of hubris. "Nothing lasts forever," he said in his last public statement, a speech read on his behalf to a Berlin meeting of the Socialist International as he lay dying last month. "Every era demands its own answers, and if one wants to do good, one must be prepared for them." Willy Brandt...
...right path. The century of steam was about to give way to the century of oil and electricity, new and transforming sources of power and light. Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, only 41 years old in 1900, proposed a scientific basis for the notion that progress was gradual but inevitable, ordained by natural...