Word: path
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...fact, Mike loves to hate, to beat, to kill. From Mi>Vengeance Is Mine!: "I loved to shoot killers. I couldn't think of anything I'd rather do than shoot a killer and watch his blood trace a slimy path across the floor." The fights he gets into are manuals for barroom brawlers. Here's a how-to from My Gun Is Quick: "I jammed four big, stiff fingers into his gut right above the navel and he snapped shut like a jackknife. I opened him up again with an openhanded slap that left a blush across his mouth...
...actors’ adroit work is bolstered by a well-calculated set design: no prop, from TVs to teacups, is without purpose. The repetitive techno-remix score follows the same path, deliberately building tension—at least, when Madonna isn’t singing. However, the costumes are the production’s piece de resistance; to imagine the maids without them is to imagine Roxanne without her red dress...
...oldest brother was threatened, he said, “I should hire an Indian to do it for me.” Despite the laughter that followed, the air became significantly tenser.In that short moment, pretty much ending the conversation, so many power dynamics and varying life paths of modern day Guatemalans were depicted. Carlos with his gun, Don Rubén as the older brother, Don Amadeus as a member of an imposed racial category, and machismo all around.Each of them the male provider of his family, followed a different path. Carlos chose the path of the least prestige...
...tutor said. In my heart, I knew he was right. A few weeks ago, I scheduled a visit to the Office of Career Services to seek some advice on my senior year and beyond. The problem, I thought, was that I have to choose one path to follow the next thirty years of my life. My mind rebelled at the thought—after four years of pushing myself to the limit, a one-track future seemed terrifyingly claustrophobic. It was a Dean Lewis letter moment, but for the rest of my life. After explaining this to the counselor...
...massive organ of pirate Davy Jones’ (played by actor Bill Nighy). That task eventually allowed her to be one of the first people to hear the music written for the instrument in composer Hans Zimmer’s studio. Though Gary has followed a different path from many recent College graduates, her background at Harvard did play an important role in helping her secure her current job. When “Pirates” producer Jerry Bruckheimer learned Gary had attended Harvard, he introduced her to another one of the film’s producers, Michael T. Stenson...