Word: keene
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...goal of many a modern mystery writer to merge sadism with sociology. If you unleash a serial killer to prey on the young and vulnerable, you'd better add something -- a sermon about society's ills, keen human insight -- so that your movie (The Silence of the Lambs), novel (The Alienist) or TV series doesn't appear irredeemably sordid. If it is done right, author and audience can enjoy the best of both worlds: luridness without guilt...
This film could easily have degenerated into a sensationalist docudrama of Turner's life. Instead, the adapted screenplay displays keen insight into the struggle that comes whit the increasing responsibilities of any fastpaced career. The cleverness of the film comes from this appeal to an audience broader than Tina Turner fans and voyeurs of the rich and famous. It convinces the audience that any one of us could be Tina Turner; one doesn't need to have to be a rock star or have an abusive relationship to understand the complications that a lack of self-esteem can bring...
What distinguished Weld as an undergraduate was his intelligence and keen wit, say friends who knew the 48-year-old Republican governor during his Harvard years...
Bhansali, who also recruits for Citicorp, saysin reference to the banking industry, "It's a verypersonality-oriented field. You have to be verydynamic." In fact, Bhansali says applicants'undergraduate concentrations figure little in thehiring process, as long as candidates showcompetence and a keen interest in the what they'redoing...
...owner, however, is not. Especially an owner like Jones, who liked to think he had as keen a sense for the nuances of the sport as the man he had hired. And especially on a team that, unlike most in the N.F.L., has no intervening front-office executive -- a general manager or player-personnel chief -- to act as buffer. "I'll try to be very subtle in my influence," Jones said before a college-player draft. "I can handle Jerry," Johnson replied. Both were wrong...