Word: mereness
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...days of mere groveling seem to be over. For the past three weeks, crowds of disgruntled workers swelling up to 30,000 have gathered outside City Hall, demanding jobs and pensions, carrying posters of Chairman Mao, China's patron saint of workers, and banners reading "The government has humiliated the people!" In the nearby province of Heilongjiang, simultaneous and similarly large worker protests occurred at the Daqing oil fields, which schoolchildren still study as the pinnacle of Chinese engineering and Maoist cradle-to-grave security. In both spots, workers were peeved, genuinely needy of some economic relief?and, most surprising...
...measures of cinematic merit mean very little? This year’s political hardball concerning A Beautiful Mind’s campaign reminds us that even when the right people waltz away with the right statuettes, their victories are more often the result of behind-the-scenes chicanery than mere onscreen magic. Unfortunately, many of the more excellent films do not have the resources to compete for Academy votes on the same level as Hollywood’s studio behemoths, who often simply decide to put all their eggs in one basket. The Coen Brothers?...
...Memento hit the U.S. last March, far too early in the Oscar calendar for it to remain in the minds of fickle voters. Especially since, as Rule 3 suggests, remembering it would have made their heads hurt. With the 60 Minutes feature on Nash last Sunday—a mere two days before Oscar ballots were due—A Beautiful Mind is getting just the right amount of attention at the right time. The publicity it has received has only pushed the other nominees further and further from the public consciousness...
...movies that simply keep it too real to win Academy Awards. Memento, Tenenbaums and The Man Who Wasn’t There would top this year’s list. A “Best Ensemble Cast” statue would be awarded. The telecast would last a mere two hours. And we would all be unhappy anyway—left with nothing to complain about...
...which was apparent upon first glimpse of Saturday night’s championship game summary sheet. Cornell—the Cleary Cup winners with the top record in the ECAC and a team ranked No. 8 in the nation heading into the weekend—was held to a mere 29 shots over almost five full periods...