Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strikes me as odd that this group has been silent about the terrible sin of twig-picking, for which the Bible mandates exactly the same punishment as that for homosexuality. Never have I heard a word from them about this great affront...
...attack plans in the past. The strike could come this week. Chances of a bombing were enhanced by the fact that the Pentagon has compiled a sobering list of targets, including many of the 63 missile sites, 120 chemical-weapons sites, 91 biological-weapons sites and more than 100-odd nuclear-weapons sites where Iraq may be engaged in banned weapons work. "These are militarily measurable objectives," said a Navy officer. "If you destroy half of his missile factories, you can conclude you've destroyed half of his missile-building capability." With the U.N. sitting quietly by, Iraq...
...Richman's recording career, among the most varied in rock, is what ought to be garnering all the attention; his first songs were highly influential proto-punk, but he has since refused to play any song that might injure the ears of infants. So it was a little odd to find him stuck in the middle of the intermittently amusing spectacle of immaturity that was Mary...
Struthers, rather ironically, stars as the despotic spinster Miss Hannigan in the 20th anniversary production of the American classic Annie, which appeared at the Wang from November 3-8. And while it may seem odd, Struthers takes on this new challenge with abandon, even going as far as ripping the limbs from an innocent doll while belting out the lyrics to the song "Little Girls": "Little cheeks, little teeth/Everything around me is little/If I wring little necks/Surely I will get an acquittal...Some night I'll straighten their curls/ Send a flood, send the flu/Anything that...
...conclusion. But that possibility is obliterated by the new murder mystery plot that takes over in the second half. Whatever credibility the script had up to that point is undermined by the oddity of the shift, making the movie a Quentin Tarantino imitation gone awry; the macabre violence and odd moralistic overtones undercut Grigoris' Robin Hood resonance. After a dramatic moral battle in which Tommy and Griorgis are at each other's throats in a good 10 minutes of suspense, the moment of moralizing in cut in favor of Kentucky Fried Chicken, where they end up discussing murder over...