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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been doing the right thing to avoid a total meltdown. "He's trying to stay in touch with the jurors,'' Hafemeister says. "If you're formal, distant and removed, that increases the stress levels. It's almost inevitable that you would have trouble with the jury here, with the length of the trial, the extreme public attention and the sequestration...
...course, there is no comparison to the "Cheek to Cheek" number in the dazzling "Top Hat" (1935). Ginger Rogers appears in a silky, white, floor-length dress; Astaire sweeps her onto the floor and they dance into heaven, as the song says...
...very hard time turning it on the TV for any length of time. The only reason I turn it on is that I hope to see they found someone alive...
...Story" (another Oscar nominee) takes on the astoundingly eccentric task of portraying multiple Kirk Douglasses in multiple roles with multiple jutting chins. For two minutes (its entire length) the short is a welcome piece of absurdity. "Triangle" is a sexy piece of modern dance done in water-color and finger paint. Lithe bodies swirl across the screen in a semi-psychedelic fantasy which looks a lot like love-making done to the fierce beat of drums...
When a senior Chinese leader dies, the order of names of the official pallbearers, the effusiveness of the obituary, the length of the mourning period, all provide signs of the individuals and policies that are in favor. Chen's death was long expected, and the delay in mounting his funeral has intensified fears of confusion and factionalism within the government. Chinese history is replete with episodes of political chaos following the death of an Emperor, and Deng Xiaoping, like Mao Zedong before him, is universally viewed in imperial terms. Official rhetoric has portrayed a new core leadership headed by party...