Word: hallmarked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps it is sour grapes to argue with the pervasive sense of fun and abandon that characterizes Holmes and has been the hallmark of Spielberg's past work. To his credit, Spielberg has not asked to be taken seriously as an artist and he delivers entertainment and good will like no one since Frank Capra. But movies like Holmes scream nouveau riche. There is never room for understatement, never a scene or effect down-played. Everything must be the most expensive, the most elaborate. Spielberg has always been exhausting to watch, but never emotionally fulfilling. How can we care about...
...share what could be an important finding. They reported that the drug had produced a dramatic rise in the number of T-4 cells--specialized white blood cells essential to the immune system--in both of the test patients. (An abnormally low level of these cells is a hallmark of AIDS.) One of the patients, a 38-year-old man described as having been "near death" before treatment, had a hundredfold increase in his T-4 level...
...accent in this tragi-comedy is very much upon the comedy, and this has proved to be both the strength and the weakness of the show. Foresaking the classical approach, Mao has tackled Measure for Measure with an impish, irreverent and almost knock-about zeal which certainly provides the hallmark of the production. The problem is knowing when the comedy stops...
Like past elections, uncertainty is the hallmark of this year's race. No one knows for sure who will emerge a winner out of tomorrow's tally until the final ballots are counted next week. And no observer can begin to assess the impact of those results until November...
...person eats too many saturated fats, however, liver cells suppress the production of LDL receptors. Cholesterol then collects in artery walls in plaques, the hallmark of atherosclerosis. Conversely, a low-cholesterol diet stimulates the output of new receptors, thereby preventing heart disease...