Word: nods
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...unexpected clocking that knocked 1.6 sec. off her own world record. Her time in the 800-free victory that followed was a mere Olympic record of 8:20.20--3 sec. short of the world record that she had set some months earlier. It was worth little more than a nod. Janet had taken care of business, but gee, better luck next time. And indeed in 1989, in Tokyo, she did lower her 800-free world record...
Expect at least one of those backs to move up to the midfield, then, perhaps freshman Stacey DiCicco. Finally, at goal, freshman Laura Stillman has the early nod...
These speculations gain currency almost daily as Yeltsin reaches for ever more apocalyptic "red scare" metaphors. When the President says, "I cannot let the forces of the past come to power; I will resist their comeback in every way," his aides nod in agreement. "I know what it would mean for your Western view of democracy," says Georgi Satarov, a top Yeltsin aide. "But if there were a chance that Hitler would come to power in America by winning an election, wouldn't you be wondering if it wasn't right to stop that...
...inspector who races around in a 1970 Barracuda and combats the bad guys with tough talk ("I don't give a damn about you boys--but this guy, his ass is mine"), swift kicks and an occasional disabling spritz of WD-40 right to the eye. In a priceless nod to nostalgia, Bridges is played by TV's best-known exemplar of rose-tinted crime fighting--yes, Don Johnson...
...films nominated in this category are typically action films, which helped get Crimson Tide and Seven their nods, though they were not cited for Best Picture. It is also why this year's nod to Babe wins cheers even from a rival, Braveheart's Steven Rosenblum: "Groups like the Academy often don't recognize how well edited these quiet pictures are." Seven's Richard Francis-Bruce adds that the contemplative Il Postino deserved a mention for its deft matching of shots, within the same scene, of the ailing Massimo Troisi and his body double who appears in about half...