Word: halcyons
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...toward the end, to the toxic duplicity of insider trading. There's also a superrich mayor (James Gandolfini) who could be Michael Bloomberg with a bigger gut. But most of the film takes place in a fantasy present, where the Dow is at 11,000 - a relic of that halcyon era of 2008, when the movie was shot. And by emphasizing the cop-killer relationship, the picture loses the original's busy fresco of New Yawk types. Pushing, complaining, invading the space of the movie's stars, they were the graffiti in this subway docudrama...
...today's media environment, there are two ways broadcast networks can draw a big audience, as they did in the halcyon precable days. One is by programming series, like Idol and Dancing with the Stars, that are essentially sporting events. That is, they are simple to follow, they can be enjoyed by a wide demographic and age range, and - most important - they have no shelf life. There are winners and losers, and spoilers abound the next day. So you watch them that night, as they happen - not on DVR or Hulu - or you might as well not watch them...
...still a long way from the halcyon days of yore - remember, the VIX long term average is half of today's level - but investors at least seem to once again believe that day will follow night. And that's good news...
...attendee, "it's that we drink all the time."). Two years later came the release of the spring break-themed hit movie Where the Boys Are starring a young, preternaturally tan George Hamilton. The Fort Lauderdale-set film spread the tale of collegiate men and women voyaging to the halcyon shores of Florida to find fun, sun - and maybe even true love - far and wide. (See how the recession is affecting spring break...
...which then escalate to a mass of sound that is at once harmonious and overwhelming. Just when the threshold is near, it comes back down, daring you to listen again.The longer songs on the album, such as “Iris Unveiled” and “Halcyon Days” are symphonic in scale. “Iris Unveiled,” for example, starts with an upbeat, in-your-face crescendo into a catchy riff, accompanied by lyrics of literally Biblical magnitude: “I have made you in my likeness and I will make...