Word: nods
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Take, for example, the film’s showcase scene: Travolta and Uma Thurman dancing together in a direct nod to their iconic scene in Pulp Fiction, a movie whose success built off the relaxed rapport of its characters. Here, there is no charisma. It appears as though the actors are simply enjoying their paychecks and investing almost none of their acting passion in the scene. Eating that extra Happy Meal and killing Bill have tired out these once-sprightly performers, and the scene fails...
...lastly, where was Napoleon Dynamite? An original screenplay nod would have been killer. Frickin’ idiot...
...last-minute bill not on the Undergraduate Council’s (UC) official agenda last night, a core group of representatives called for “free speech and open academic inquiry” in a nod to the controversy surrounding University President Lawrence H. Summers’ leadership of Harvard...
...choice not yet been made? Kim Il Sung gave his son the nod by naming him to the Politburo at the age of 32 and then cranked up the regime's propaganda arm to sing his praises. Kim Jong Il's eldest son, Kim Jong Nam, is 33 but the official media isn't yet hyperventilating about him. Meanwhile, Kim's other sons Jong Chol, 23, and Jong Woon, 21, also remain invisible...
...strangers. Participants are required to provide the name of their employer and a work e-mail address, both of which NuRide says it verifies before listing people on the site. Users can also specify if they want to ride with only men, women or nonsmokers. And in NuRide's nod to eBay, they can rank one another on a scale of 1 to 5 on criteria ranging from showing up on time to being a safe driver. People who drive enough users mad can be off-ramped to "do not ride" lists...