Word: opus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shack of Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski two weeks ago, they were overjoyed to find two old manual machines, relics of the pre- word processor, pre-Selectric age. Surely, one of these must be the antique on which the bomber pecked out his 35,000 word opus, Industrial Society and Its Future. In straight-faced leaks over the next week, the agents let it be known that, alas, the typefaces did not match, although they had high hopes for a third typewriter, discovered later. What they did not mention was that nestled next to that third machine in Kaczynski's loft...
...unexpected package from an unknown source." Soon he was writing to the San Francisco Chronicle, threatening to blow up an airplane out of Los Angeles, which caused security to be tightened for several days. He promised to stop if the Times and the Washington Post would publish his magnum opus, a 35,000-word screed against industrial society and modern civilization. He said he was growing tired of making bombs. "Certainly his ending his level of seclusion to the point of submitting the manifesto and writing letters," says Ken Thompson, a domestic-terrorism specialist who retired from the FBI last...
...That may get you the nomination but not the award. The favorite in this race is Nicolas Cage for his role in "Leaving Las Vegas." And he would be my choice as well. Richard Dreyfuss? Big deal, so he ages 30 years in two hours in "Mr. Holland's Opus." Anthony Hopkins? Good, but not good enough; and he just won not long ago for "Silence of the Lambs." Massimo Troisi? He was good but a little annoying, and everyone knows that he was nominated solely because he died the day after filming for "The Postman" concluded. The last time...
...warned: you will cry while watching Mr. Holland's Opus, directed by Stephen Herek (The Mighty Ducks) and starring Richard Dreyfuss as a music teacher at an Oregon high school. You may be inspired by the movie's Wonderful Life message: that we can do good--help people, enrich lives--in a job we thought was a shoddy compromise with our career dreams. You could leave the dodecaplex feeling better about academe, Hollywood and your own warm, sensitive self. But know this: you should feel bad about feeling good, because Mr. Holland's Opus takes meretricious short cuts...
...daughter work together? "Amy's illustrations startled me at first, but I have grown to love them," says Carter, who created the tale for his children when they were young. The Prez, who already has a book of poetry behind him, is working on a more characteristic opus: a collection of lessons he has given at church...