Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doubts, however, that the teen connections hurt at the pitch meetings. Three seasons ago, Katims' wonderful Relativity had class consciousness, star-crossed lovers and an odd, appealing ensemble--and it bombed. This year the WB gave Roswell a 22-episode commitment. Explains WB entertainment president Susanne Daniels: "What Relativity lacked in a hook or an angle, Roswell offers in spades." That and a gold-plated audience. Much has been made of TV's slavish emphasis on the youth demographic (which makes young-skewing shows "hot" out of proportion to their total ratings), but it could at best allow a talented...
...know, around the same time this eye problem started, I also developed these bumps along the side of my face..." I brushed my hair aside so Dr. Mehaffey could see. She looked at the bumps and then at me. "It sure looks like shingles," she said. I listed other odd things I'd noticed--the red line snaking down my forehead, the tingling sensation at the end of my nose. "It sure looks like shingles," she repeated...
...odd. We did all of the nuts and bolts things you are supposed to do...but we had no inkling really that 'Half-Life' was going to be as well received as it has been," he says...
...This odd grouping, however, is having trouble staying united. The American Civil Liberties Union, which helped draft the current bill, as well as the 1993 law, now opposes it unless an amendment makes clear that religious claims cannot be used to defeat civil rights laws. Civil rights advocates are concerned about such groups as the World Church of the Creator, for example, which claims a religious belief in promoting the white race. Gay lawyers say the bill would allow conservative Christian landlords to refuse to rent to gay people even in states with laws protecting lesbians and gays from housing...
What we're thinking: Beyond giggle-inducing premise, an odd and earnest misfit romance...