Word: moistly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Midnight in the big bad city. Down by the docks the mood was as warm and moist and treacherous as Ava Gardner's parted lips, and the moonless sky was swarming with metaphors. I was prowling those mean streets, not looking for trouble. It knew where to find...
...script has some irritating holes--Do either Chris or Tory go to school? If not, why does Chris waste her time reading biology? If so, why don't they ever go to class--but he makes them seem unimportant by lovingly photographing his subjects' every muscle in a moist, lush color often enhanced by slow motion, and the eerie sound of rhythmic breathing. This may sound cliched by now, especially after the slow-motion races of Chariots of Fire, but Towne always adds an extra twist to keep things from getting boring. In one particularly stunning warm-up sequence...
...nature; but dogs, so to speak, are the apes of morality. Animals want to be men and imitate the better aspects of human behavior-fidelity, tenacity, bravery, gentleness. They cannot make the last evolutionary step, but how consoling to see each doggy eye moist with the desire to do so! Such is the message Landseer transmitted, over and over again...
...critics, who tended to take their standards from Europe, were at best condescending-the lowly Indian and his customs were not after all fit subjects for the historical-mythological aesthetic of the times, nor did Catlin's style accord with a taste that was bemused by the misty-moist romanticism of the Hudson River school. Moreover, Catlin probably did his artistic reputation no good by organizing his "Indian Exhibition" into a traveling show, featuring himself as chief lecturer and including wigwams, authentic headdresses, costumes and even a few scalps he had brought back as souvenirs of his travels...
...least 90% of all the coca leaf in the world comes from moist, infertile mountain land in Peru and Bolivia, whose governments cherish the crop as one of their principal exports. Raw coca leaves are soaked in various chemicals and oil. The result is a muddy brown paste, which is purified into so-called coca base, a dirty white, almost odorless substance, which is usually shipped to laboratories in Colombia for refining...