Word: granted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent ad placed in major national newspapers by the presidents of 113 colleges and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges announced a joint effort to deal with the problem of student binge drinking. This advertising campaign signals a major change in the way that colleges are responding to the alcohol problem on their campuses. The problem has moved from the agenda of assistant deans of students to the desks of college presidents. It is openly discussed in the New York Times rather than being kept hidden to avoid embarrassment to a school's reputation...
...national advertising campaign of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges offers some hope, because for the first time colleges are reaching out to enlist help from those outside their campus: parents, civic leaders and the general public. The support of these groups is a must if the effort is to succeed...
...been told that some women find a certain degree of delicacy highly attractive in a man. But in Hugh Grant this delicacy is taken to an almost absurd level, and it quickly becomes a defining motif of almost all of his films. Notting Hill, Grant's first feature of the summer, is no exception. As bookstore owner William Thacker, Grant revels in his characters inability to get anything in order, whether it's his business, his love life or his housing situation. Enter Julia Roberts as the hopelessly flaky and confused American superstar Anna Scott, and you have a match...
...only does she get to smile (and sometimes even to be funny!), she has a different hairstyle in every scene. A more profound observation is the interesting choice to let the actors keep their "public" personas--Julia, of course, is the most famous actress in the world and Hugh Grant the bumbling idiot we've come to love. The twist, of course, is that both actors add new dimensions to their characters, making the story just unpredictable enough to trap its audience. It's a reverse-Cinderella story that is surprisingly timely--if sadly unrealistic. But like the best fairy...
...subject to his decree of immunity. Foreign nations would defer charges to Chile, which would do nothing about them, and Pinochet's victims would be left without recourse. If taken seriously, Pinochet's argument would mean that any criminal leader could avoid all consequences of their actions, simply by granting him or herself immunity. If Slobodon Milosevic decides to grant himself immunity, should the world really have to respect that? Had Hitler granted Nazi leaders immunity, should the world really have had to respect that...