Word: lucked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Christ says that he plans take a year off after graduation to explore some "fundamentals." This concert offers evidence that he's already got them down. Much luck to Christ and many kudos on an excellent performance to his now-former...
...Hard Luck Pitcher: Senior pitcher Chip Poncy has had back luck the last week and a half...
...Clinton keep up his winning streak? To the extent that it reflects sheer luck, perhaps not; no gambler can keep rolling sevens. To the extent that his early success reflects political skill and adroitness -- well, maybe. The Senate, where Democrats lack the votes to break Republican filibusters, will surely modify some of his programs. It has already forced a weakening of the Administration's cherished "motor voter" bill; as passed by the Senate, the measure would still allow people to register to vote while receiving or renewing driver's licenses but no longer require registration forms to be passed...
...scans an actor's face for a fineness or boldness of line. Because most movies are illustrated fables, the camera wants faces that communicate -- in the immediate emotional shorthand of a close-up -- the character's pedigree to the audience. So film stardom is often the luck of the genetic draw...
Thompson has that luck; she can bear the camera's scrutiny. Her face is common sense emitting star quality, wit raised to beauty. Her bright eyes and ironic smile suggest an intelligence of the cultivated heart -- what used to be called breeding. No wonder six of Thompson's eight feature films are period pieces, closer in spirit to the West End stage than to the West Coast sound stage. She is comfortable as Katherine in Branagh's Henry V or as Beatrice in his new film Much Ado About Nothing, as a 1930s English domestic in Remains...