Word: passion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...myth of cinema: that the magic is real, that movie people in person are as delightful, as bigger-than-life, as they are on the giant screen. Thus the truest compliment to pay his movies--those tangy, nourishing stews of bent men and brave women, of comedy and melodrama, passion and grief--is to say they are every bit as beguiling as he is. And the only thing to say about his new film, All About My Mother, is that it is even better: the most mature and satisfying work in a glittering, consistently surprising career. "Pedro is a great...
...tobacco legislation, which his committee passed by a vote of 19 to 1, never saw the President's desk. Hogwash, say allies like Feingold, who argue that without McCain, some legislation would never get as far as it does. "He is an incredible ally because of his energy, passion and willingness to take heat," says Feingold...
...interview after the speech, Rubin said such issues tend to elicit passion from an audience. What people seem to enjoy most, he said, is pointing out to him where the government has gone wrong...
...What if the pursuit of that security conflicts with the pursuit of some other ideal, like romance? Many of us will derive our deepest fulfillment from our future families. How do we choose between a relationship and a job, between a guaranteed salary and the risks of potentially fickle passion...
...Trudeau has also captured Bill Clinton as a waffle dripping with maple syrup, combining in one small image both the president's indecisiveness and his passion for food, and portrayed Vice President Al Gore '69 as a young child sitting on the lap of his Senator father, waiting to be spoon-fed the presidency. This year, though, the images will be harder to make new. The current presidential race is shaping up as the embodiment of the old proverb: history the first time is tragedy but when repeated is farce...