Word: motioning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...descend into art-house glumness. Whenever the plot shows signs of faltering, the campy keyboard player is summoned for another one-liner. (Such as: "It's so anal being straight!") There are enough inside jokes to keep Malaysian audiences happy without alienating international ones. It is Malaysia's first motion picture shot almost completely in English, and U.S. giant Columbia TriStar plans to distribute it in Singapore later this year and possibly throughout Asia...
...then on June 27, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover announced to the country that superior American intelligence had foiled a Nazi plan to destroy U.S. bridges and factories. The FBI had captured eight Germans and German-Americans, who had landed in Long Island and Florida. Their arrest set in motion a series of events that can serve as a historical backdrop for President Bush's Nov. 13 executive order permitting the military to try suspected foreign terrorists in tribunals instead of the criminal justice system...
...humanity, or relevance, that it’s often accused of lacking is not so much expressed in lyrics or notes, but instead lies in the exuberant rhythms and beauty of its infinitely nuanced construction. Dance music is carefully crafted sound as architecture, but constantly in motion and change. By nature, unfortunately, it seems incompatible with the instant-gratification needs of MTV and mainstream radio, which cater to those with short attention spans—that is, the record-buying public at large...
...board unanimously passed a motion appointing Theresa S. Neighbor, the executive director of the Election Commission, the administrator of the recount. Neighbor and the recount’s auditor will put together a plan to conduct the recount by Nov. 21, when the board holds its next meeting...
...only woman in Khoja Bahauddin who doesn?t wear a burka in public. Her privileged status as an overseas-educated aid worker partially protects her from the beating Osema received. But when Nazir shakes hands with a Western man, she looks around furtively. It is the same motion countless Afghan women make every day, the rapid adjusting of veils to cover their faces or the eyes quickly downcast when men enter the room. To help empower women, Nazir runs workshops that include reading the Koran, Islam?s holy book. "If women can read the Koran themselves," she says, "they will...