Word: main
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Method Man, whose latest album Tical 2000: Judgement Day has sold 500,000 copies since November 17, seemed to be the main draw...
...main appeal of this movie is not the literary references, but the highpaced action. There are exploding buildings, flaming cars, bikers being run over ambulances and Will Smith in his underwear. Director Tony Scott (Top Gun, Crimson Tide) wastes little time between action sequences, building up an almost unbearable intensity, augmented by fast camera cuts and quick scene changes. Yet the overall effect is not a choppy compilation of distinct scenes, but a broad tapestry of chases, gunfire, high-tech tracking devices and explosions, coupled with a moderate portion of complicated plot development...
...with a gun, his shoulders suspecting his doomed fate. Bak was about the same age as this child pictured, and chose to honor in his paintings this image of all children sacrificed in the Holocaust. The little boy, the symbol of the universal purity of the heart, is the main subject of over 12 pieces in the exhibit, each time pictured in the same pose. The desensitization of humanity is reiterated when the boy covers himself with what seems like a shield decorated with a cross, but instead is a type of bullseye used as a target for the murdering...
Strolling down Mass Ave. the other day, I heard a man behind me whistling something familiar. I couldn't quite put my finger on it--that is, until the man finished the meandering intro and hit the main theme at full volume. It came flooding back--more than 20 years of Star Wars history (all of cinematic history!) in a few power-packed notes...
Wolfe takes his time with A Man in Full--he waits more than 100 pages to introduce all the main characters. The first two-thirds of the huge novel really just set the stage for the culminating action in the final chapters. Far from being a liability, A Man in Full's length gives Wolfe ample time to showcase the journalistic skills that first launched his writing career. The novel works because it is based on facts and observations gleaned from modern life, a more fertile source of material than the most gifted artist's imagination...