Word: instantly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...touch tones, yet another novel entry has arrived in this vibrant market-by- wire. Why spend hours traveling to the doctor's office, leafing through out-of-date magazines, waiting for the healer to spare a moment of precious, not to mention expensive time, when one can now get instant medical gratification over the phone? Why not simply dial...
This is, recall, a fantasy, set in the old-fashioned movie Manhattan that is a beautiful place to be lost in. Nichols, as always, is terrific at suggesting worlds without words. The camera catches a glance from a pretty lawyer at Henry's firm, and we know in that instant that she has had an affair with the old, nasty Henry. But then the script insists that these epiphanies be spelled out in illuminated capital letters; and Nichols, a jaunty yachtsman of a director, must trawl through treacle. Strings swell at the merest emotion. And -- lordy! -- dog-reaction shots...
Easterners labor under their own set of misconceptions and disappointments. They expected substantial help from their rich western cousins, and virtually instant elevation to a comparable standard of living. They discovered that wealth is not synonymous with generosity. Among the first west Germans they met were property owners with eviction notices or investors with dismissal notices. A western-run agency, the Treuhandanstalt, was installed to salvage the state-owned assets of the east; to Ossis the Treuhand looks more like an undertaker appointed to dispose of the country's paltry remains. By the beginning of this year, easterners were pouring...
Today, when dour antiheroes have glutted the market, Robin Hood is again the good guy of choice. Just last month Fox TV aired a new version, directed by John Irvin and starring Patrick Bergin. That Robin Hood is no instant classic. Its action scenes consist mostly of guys milling outside castles and roaring like juiced-up fans at a Midlands football match. But Bergin does invest the woodsman from the 1190s with a bit of 1990s Green Power. Waging guerrilla war against the ravagers of Sherwood Forest, Bergin is at one with his sylvan surroundings -- a butch Bambi...
...target patrons more versed in Ben E. King than Benny Goodman. Morton's chain of 11 Hard Rock restaurants, which serve down- home food and vintage rock, has grown to annual revenues of nearly $100 million. Morton's latest smash hit: a Hard Rock restaurant in Las Vegas, an instant landmark thanks to the 82-ft. electric guitar on its roof. The proposed casino will feature a 130-ft. guitar, plus a 75-ft. piano that will play hits by Elvis, Jerry Lee and other kings of rock...