Word: lightness
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...whole bunch of glum and occasionally desperate characters whose depressive natures are hinted at but never boringly explicated. They appear and disappear rather casually in the story, which the director John Dahl (Red Rock West, The Last Seduction) paces expertly. His film moves not with the speed of light, but the speed of life - a little bit hesitantly, a little bit digressively. He's not ramrodding us into submission, not force-feeding us a lot of big melodramatic scenes. Stuff keeps happening in this movie - some of it fairly bloody - but always within the context of its own ideas...
...annual Making of America series, we reassess the Kennedy presidency not only from the perspective of the 1960s but from today's as well. Indeed, the premise of this series is to view history through contemporary eyes and to mine it for ideas and examples that can shed light on our world today...
...amendment sponsored by Senator Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, that would weaken the fuel efficiency language in the bill. The current measure would require all vehicles to achieve 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Levin's alternative would give cars until 2022 to reach 36 miles per gallon, and light trucks (including SUVs, the only automobile category American companies still dominate) until 2025 to reach 30 miles per gallon. "They're trying to knock a decent standard off the road and replace it with a clunker," said Frank O'Donnell, head of Clear Air Watch. "We've heard crying wolf...
...makeover of Disney.com unveiled in February, reflects that mind-set. The content of the site used to be heavy on information and light on entertainment. Now the portal is billed as a one-stop shop for all things Disney, from fan chat rooms to interactive games to video of movies both vintage and new and do-it-yourself vacation planning to Disney destinations. To capitalize on the mania surrounding the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the elaborate DisneyPirates.com site plunges visitors deep into the virtual world of Captain Jack Sparrow, beyond the usual trailers, screensavers...
Kass Professor of the History of Medicine Allan M. Brandt appeared on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show Wednesday night, attempting to shed light on the growing dishonesty within the cigarette industry in a spirited—and very lighthearted—conversation with host Jon Stewart...