Word: pasts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...subtle feminism, though, World is not perfect. Past Bond movies tended, with several notable exceptions, to practice a principle preached on several occasions by Ronald Reagan, a frequent critic of Hollywood's insatiable libido. Said Reagan, "I have always thought it was more suggestive to see a hand reach out and hang a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door." The lesson: Merely suggesting sex is often more effective than showing it onscreen...
...several character flaws to which Bond seemed vulnerable in past films have now surfaced, much to his disadvantage. For instance, his stoicism cedes to jealous rage when he learns that his enemy, Renard (Robbie Coltrane), had previously taken advantage of Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), Bond's latest interest. Bond's was right anger, but revealed an unprecedented dependence and emotion all the same...
With four Eastern titles in the past four years, the Harvard men's swimming team looks to remain at the top of region this season and make a statement in the NCAA tournament at the end of the season...
This is a remarkably tiresome process. It's not just that they have a long history of mutual, top-of-the-lungs contempt to get past. It's that writer-director Joel Schumacher refuses to stick to what might have been his best point, which is how the singing lessons actually work. That's apparently too static for him, and we see very little of the pair working together. Instead, he focuses on the boringly brutal criminals who keep looking for their lost loot, on the cute vagaries of drag-queen life, on Koontz's messed-up romantic and buddy...
Those are just two examples of why it's so difficult for all of us, black and white, to discuss racial issues productively: our words keep throwing us back to the past. That's what's happening in Decatur, where school officials' stubbornness and loaded language from both sides have escalated a local dispute over school safety into a racial cause celebre...