Word: hooks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gore Off the Hook He's in the clear: Following a reprieve from Janet Reno, the Vice President gets back to what a politician does best: campaigning. Full Story...
...negotiators had already wrong-footed the Europeans Monday with its differential greenhouse gas plan ? each nation would get its own reduction target. Europe scoffed at that one, claiming it was a bid to get America off the climate change hook. But what of the 5 percent plan? Are both proposals being offered simultaneously? Throw in the presence of Senator Chuck Hagel from Nebraska, who spent his day threatening Third World representatives, and you have a recipe for palpable confusion...
...home, where I make more entries still. In the mail are new pictures of the children; I share a cup of hot chocolate with the dog; the wind kicks up; the fat pine on the front lawn trembles its skirts in the late afternoon; shadows smudge the hedges; day hook-slides into night. I think of high school baseball, then basketball. The orange moon hangs so low it looks as if it is about to fall to earth and bounce...
...What You Did Last Summer should be deplored for stalling it. The movie tracks four kids in a quaint northeastern seaside town the summer after they accidentally run over the town recluse. With its superficial storyline, cast of adolescent unknowns and a serial killer armed with a lethal fish hook, Summer keeps the suspense to a minimum and the plot to a formula. It makes a perfect 80s slasher flick but pales in the wake of Scream's splendor...
...Chablis...well, it just goes to show that strange truth is always better than contrived fiction. Playing her(?)self, The Lady mugs shamelessly but never falls into self-parody, deftly avoiding the cartoonish rut that claims other characters. Her authenticity is refreshing, and I found myself wishing Kelso would hook up with Chablis instead of Mandy--it would have been more in tune with the spirit of the story. In any case, you will emerge from the movie theater with an entirely different attitude towards the words, "hide my candy...