Word: gunning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Soon, the College Democrats will be tabling in front of the Science Center and distributing flyers about Bush's education proposals. The group is also planning a November event to discuss gun control in the context of the upcoming presidential election, said Sanberg...
Jumping the Gun...
...would wait politely for their opponents to ready their platforms before launching into their own campaigns. But--as those have who have been there before say--the reality is that candidates who want a serious shot at the presidency must already have a core constituency in place when the gun goes off in mid-November...
...broadway and musical comedy were all but synonymous. Of late, though, the Great White Way has become a neon-lit recycling bin for tributes (Fosse), revivals (Annie Get Your Gun, Cabaret), retread movies (Footloose) and British imports that were creatively dead on arrival (any Andrew Lloyd Webber show). Yes, Stephen Sondheim still strikes sparks, while a few up-and-comers, especially Adam Guettel (Floyd Collins), show signs of vibrant life. But it's long past time for something really fresh. Contact, the exhilarating dance play by choreographer Susan Stroman and writer John Weidman that opened last week at Manhattan...
...from a deep sexual frustration, which has been stimulated so greatly that it can no longer be satisfied by physical means; he wants to consume everything (Mendes also emphasizes the relationship between sexual frustration and violence throughout the film, having a character compare having an orgasm to shooting a gun, and another turn his suppressed sexual desire into violent action). When it comes time to perform his fantasy, however, Burnham realizes how undesirable it truly is, how misguided he has been. In the end, his solipsistic hedonism is just as unfulfilling as his prior workaday life...