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...feelings that these characters created together have been likened to a modern-day "Casablanca," in which love can be awakened in midlife, while at the same time, an overwhelming sense of responsibility may prevent it from flourishing. Still, "Bridges " leaves the audience with a touching optimism--that while they may be fleeting, moments of perfect passion are indeed possible...
...like the killer germ in another Crichton novel? Absolutely not, argues Steele, who stresses that Ambergene is very selective in the microbes it chooses to cultivate, carefully checking their genetic and ecological profiles to exclude possible pathogens. In addition, she notes, most of Ambergene's microbes are related to modern-day organisms of known habits. Still, experience with rabbits in Australia and kudzu in the Southern U.S. shows that seemingly innocuous plants and animals can misbehave when taken out of their original environments. And while most experts believe that the danger posed by ancient microbes is small, the idea that...
...members of the UFO community are calling it a modern-day "witch hunt...
...bring to this brutally taxing role of doomed prodigy quite the dancing-flame intensity that Emma Fielding did. And the new Septimus (Billy Crudup) has the aplomb but not the haunted intellectual uneasiness Rufus Sewell conveyed. A pleasing surprise, however, is Robert Sean Leonard, playing Valentine Coverly, a modern-day biologist and computer scientist. As Claudio in Kenneth Branagh's film Much Ado About Nothing, Leonard looked thoroughly out of his element while trying to do what stage actors traditionally do--proclaim words of love in ornamental verse. Here, in an odder role that requires him to speak of mathematics...
...heinous crimes ever perpetrated against human beings. Sadly, Time has chosen to feature on its cover yet another story about O.J. Simpson. What a pity that the memory of the slaughtered millions should be overshadowed by the media circus in Los Angeles. Clearly, this shows the motivating factors behind modern-day journalism: exploitation, ratings and money. What a glorious lesson to teach our youth...