Word: motioning
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...film cliché technical effects are just as heavy-handed as the plot. In the climactic final carnage, flames billow around the stars in the high class mansion. Suddenly, the film is in slow motion. The camera dwells excessively on Mars’ deranged face and on Jennifer’s expression as they lock eyes, against a background of fire and a blatantly angelic soundtrack, making the whole scene slightly twisted, a bit scary, and very, very laughable...
...order to go ice-skating—yes, ice-skating—Cusack responds to her costume, which inadvertently falls out of Casey’s wholesome (read: dorky) backpack, with the vigilance that many parents might have had it been cocaine. The melodramatic scene begins as a slow-motion close-up as the backpack falls to the ground and Casey’s ice-skates and little red costume tumble out, and then cut to mom’s horrified and hurt expression...
Step Three: On June 17th—three months from today—one last faculty meeting on this subject is called to order, this time including professors from all nine of Harvard’s faculties. The no-confidence motion is again put to a vote. If it succeeds, Summers resigns. If the motion fails, Summers stays, thanks his lucky stars, and University Hall’s attention turns back to the business of leading the world’s greatest university...
...said her motion is a signal that professors are “looking for real changes...not simply the statement of intent to change things...
...symbolic sting of the Faculty’s vote seemed likely to diminish Summers’ stature at Harvard and threaten his ability to lead the University. But as the practical effects of the no-confidence motion remained unclear, Summers and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) appeared stuck in an awkward limbo...