Word: moments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Smith's stellar performance, the film's most interesting character is Brill, played wonderfully by Hackman. He is a dark and bitter ex-agent of the National Security Agency out for revenge against the institution that forsook him. His motivations are skewed, actions devious and intent unknown. In one moment he condemns Dean's ignorance and uselessness; in another he courageously saves Dean's life. The chemistry between Hackman and Smith is powerful, as the two reluctant heroes transform initial self-interest into teamwork. The ending is a contrived and coincidental as a novel by Charles Dickens, but does...
...first Crimson trip around the ECAC winds down, Harvard enters a pivotal moment in its season. These are Harvard's final two conference games until Christmas vacation. Two upset victories would reverse the team's fortunes immediately. A solid split would at least provide for some holiday cheer and the starting point for a potential second-half renaissance...
...food snobbery has its downside too: a food snob finds it aggravating, if not nauseating, to have to force down mediocre fare, and the sight of the truly bad leads one to consider skipping the meal. My experience from the dining halls is a little removed at the moment, as I am spending this year abroad, but I know reaching into the freezer for dinner here in the apartment is the sign of defeat even before calculating the fat and salt numbers. And so I indulge my obsession: bringing home expensive bottles of balsamic vinegar and olive oil, searching around...
...moment, it is U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson who has stepped up, sort of. The judge agreed to give two House investigators limited permission to read secret Justice Department memos drafted by FBI Director Louis Freeh and prosecutor Charles LaBella. Though the memos are filled with grand jury evidence about Clinton campaign finances, Attorney General Janet Reno has previously concluded the information does not add up to criminal wrongdoing. "Based on what we know," says Novak, "there doesn't seem to be anything there. Two other committees have already investigated the subject and come up with very little." Some...
Enter Phil Luckett, bless his heart. In the now-infamous coin toss, Luckett succumbed to a moment of aural hallucination and misheard Jerome Bettis's call of tails, awarding Detroit possession...