Word: maye
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...MATRIX With its dazzling effects and the dizzying ways it toys with reality, virtual and actual, this film may or may not portend cinema's future. But who cares about that when what we have from Larry and Andy Wachowski is a demonically hip, computer-driven reimagining of the dorked-out sci-fi tradition...
...AFFAIR This may be Graham Greene's best novel; surely Neil Jordan's starkly disciplined film is the best screen adaptation of any of Greene's fictions. An account of a slightly slutty woman's unlikely transformation into something like sainthood, it is acted with stunning austerity by Julianne Moore and Ralph Fiennes...
...millennium is almost here--unless you're watching The Green Mile, in which case the old millennium may drag on a decade or two. This year was bueno for Spanish speakers (All About My Mother, Latin pop), but not so good for the Irish (the malarkey of 'Tis). New technology emerged (MP3), but old shows still charmed (Kiss Me, Kate). When a century passes, we look to artists to celebrate what we've learned as a society. Then again, it's still the year 4697 in China, so the lessons can wait. Herewith our lists of the entertainment events...
...astounding ascent from $212, when the S&P announced its newest pick, to $348 at the bell, I came to the somewhat sad conclusion--at least for a trader who thrives on identifying diamonds while they are still in the rough--that trying to game the S&P may be the single biggest way to make money in this wacky market...
...PEDRO MARTINEZ Chicks may dig the long ball, as the ad says, but teams dig good pitching. While home runs flew in every ballpark, Martinez gave up only 2.07 runs a game, farther below the major league average than any other pitcher's record. If that math is too hard, try this: Martinez's 23 wins brought his talent-poor Red Sox to the American League championship, where the ace handed the Yankees their only defeat of the play-offs...