Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what moral ground can the United States spearhead the movement to end bribery in international business? American officials wanted this treaty to be modeled on the 1977 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. However, even though many companies were charged with violating the act, no executive was ever convicted. If the U.S. cannot enforce its own law (which contains built-in punishments) it is less clear how effective this new international measure will be without any force behind...
...Mills recipe rejects mainline, multistory department stores in favor of a ground-level, oval floor plan anchored by off-price retailers like Saks' off 5th, T.J. Maxx and Marshalls. Throw in a couple hundred specialty stores. Add a giant Marriott-managed food court as well as theme eateries such as Puck's and Rainforest Cafe. Stir in razzmatazz such as Ogden Entertainment's American Wilderness Experience, a combination restaurant, retail outlet and enviro-amusement park; or GameWorks, the virtual-reality video-game arcade created by Sega, DreamWorks SKG and Universal Studios. "To win in this business you must offer vibrancy...
...film. But the show has few longueurs, some good new songs (Tim Rice and Elton John added three to the five they wrote for the film), and elaborately staged climaxes that really pay off. When Mufasa falls to his death from a cliff, he floats to the ground (suspended on wires) with a slow-motion grandeur that no movie special effect could...
...gradually, powerfully, inevitably, and crests with a big golden payoff note. Three new albums would seem to be aimed at that need: Canadian chanteuse Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love (550 Music), vocal power lifter Michael Bolton's All That Matters (Columbia) and Barbra Streisand's Higher Ground (Columbia). These performers are of differing ages, but they are all from the old school. When they sing, they often go for the cheap seats, the rafters, the chandeliers. They evoke thoughts of shattering wineglasses and standing ovations and encores that go on and on until one's palms...
...make show-biz emotions seem sincere; when she hits those big payoff notes, she doesn't do it just because she can; she does it because the song calls for it, because the big note she's holding is the only way to express what she's feeling. Higher Ground, unfortunately, is more of a low-lying plateau. It's an album of spiritually oriented "inspirational" songs--a hot genre right now, given LeAnn Rimes' hit collection of similarly themed material. Higher Ground, for its part, is a little too polite. Streisand's at her best on the track...