Word: larking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...better not to regard this crew as a team at all, but rather as an ensemble of excellent actors on a goofy, lively lark. Sure, they gain and lose their elusive electronic grail the requisite number of times, often surprisingly. Their larger obligation, however, is not to the implausible plot but to their funky characters, and to the nice, wistful mood of the film. They all share a nostalgia for '60s idealism; even their nemesis (Ben Kingsley) operates out of a dark variant on those quixotic beliefs...
...Soon-Yi had talked about being a model and said to me would I take some pictures of her without her clothes on. At this time we had an intimate relationship, so I said sure, and I did. It was just a lark of a moment...
...with a man who would destroy me and corrupt my daughter, leading her into a betrayal of her mother and her principles, leaving her morally bankrupt with the bond between us demolished. I can think of no crueler way to lose a child or a lover." Another adopted daughter, Lark, 18, visited the offices of the New York Post, telling of a traumatic powwow Farrow held with her older children during which Soon-Yi was told to choose between Woody and Mommy...
...Dublin entertainment is classic '60s rhythm and blues performed by white folks with a brogue, but the spirit is reverent and genial, not culturally imperialistic. The soul is part Wilson Pickett, part early Beatles; the guts are supplied by 16-year-old lead singer Andrew Strong. See this roadhouse lark again and feel better about...
...prevent its elections from turning into such a farce. Who knows how many votes were intentionally or unknowingly wasted on these candidates? Perhaps some write-in candidates were actually seriously interested in serving on the UC, but I am quite confident that the vast majority either ran on a lark or were just the result of friends voting for friends...