Word: paces
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Overall, I think that I was a little bit better than him," Kirsh said after the ensuing carnage, in the understatement of the day. "The pace was a bit faster than what he was expecting...
...film's early scenes, Scorsese and Richardson are at their best. Scorsese's smooth camera moves are perfect for the blinding pace of the Casino floor, and Richardson's neo-noir lighting adds texture to an other-wise plastic environment. Initially, the shots combining rolling dice, shuffling cards, spinning slots and elusive chips make up for the absence of a meaningful story...
Carswell was off the pace early, but turned it on as the 6.2-mile, 10-kilometer race progressed. He was 25th at the two-mile mark but moved up to 20th at the five-mile mark and then into 17th down the stretch...
...Side cartoons, and now Bill Watterson is retiring Calvin and Hobbes. "I believe I've done what I can do within the constraints of daily deadlines and small panels," said the reclusive cartoonist in a letter to newspaper editors. "I am eager to work at a more thoughtful pace with fewer artistic compromises." Ah, well, there's always Peanuts...
...style communists. There is room in the Russian system, and Russian communists will do well in the December 17 parliamentary elections." Zarakhovich notes that Russia's communists are primarily nationalists; they appeal to a large number of people frustrated by Russia's decline in world prominence and the slow pace of the transition to a market economy. "Economic reform has basically failed in Russia," Zarakhovich says. "The state is still everywhere; those who have been trying hard to work honestly are caught between the state and the mob. There is great frustration in Moscow, and even more when...