Word: krafts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...starring Denzel Washington, Annette Bening and Bruce Willis, paints a picture of a New York City brought to its knees by an unstoppable terrorist campaign. FBI anti-terrorist agent Anthony "Hub" Hubbard (Washington) must track down the terrorist cells with the aid of the questionably motivated CIA operative Elise Kraft (Bening). But the FBI investigation is unable to prevent the escalation of violence, so the President invokes the War Powers Act and imposes martial law upon New York, under General William Devereaux (Willis...
...Will Deveraux of the Army, the blindly obedient servant to his country who puts his allegiance to the flag above any personal morals. Unfortunately, he appears disappointingly infrequently in the film, and his part seems little more than an expanded cameo. Annette Bening is a covert CIA officer, Elise Kraft, whose motives remain multi-faceted and unclear, and while sexual tension surrounds her interaction with Hubbard, she has eyes only for a possible ally of the terrorists. Tony Shalhoub is an Arab-American FBI agent caught in the middle of the debacle, and as someone who has deliberately avoided playing...
...Siegehas many shortfalls, including two-dimensional characters. Some are even incomprehensible, such as the character of Elise Kraft. The climax has potential, but ends up as a typical action stand-off with few deviations. Bruce Willis seems confused, as his character initially warns the government against an army invasion; yet moments later, he has morphed into a power-hungry zealot, relentlessly pursuing all those he views as enemies of the state, Hubbard included. The Siege has its thrills and suspenses, and its big name cast shouldn't fail to lure the crowds, but don't expect much more than...
...July 8, 1998, 8:45 a.m. That's the day the waiting stopped." It sounds like James Kirk, but it's BILL KRAFT describing the moment he found out Star Trek was going to be commemorated on a stamp--an event for which Kraft has been campaigning for 12 years. "It represents such fine ideals, like nonviolent resolution of conflict where possible," says Kraft, an interlibrary-loans assistant in Minnesota. He organized petitions, got Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and some Senators to write to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee. The committee rejected the idea. Then came...
...women, under the direction of Marvin, achieved a beautiful blend of harmonies and melodic progressions. It is a difficult piece, but the group pulled it off with wonderful mastery--particularly in the "Sanctus," with its unusual layering of voices progressing up a scale. Alto soloist Kate Kraft acquitted herself well in this movement...