Word: patterning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...main plot of Father of the Bridedeals with a sneaker manufacturer named GeorgeBanks (Steve Martin) and his deep love for hismarvelous 22 year old daughter Annie (KimberlyWilliams). The general pattern of thisSilly-Daddy-Doesn't-Want-to-Lose-His-Beautiful-Baby story goes like this: First, something happensthat makes George squirm (Annie cheerfullyannounces that she's engaged; Annie's angelicfiancee puts his hand on her leg; Annie's fianceecalls George "Dad"; etc.) Then George unbuttonshis top button, makes funny grimaces and shoutsirrational nonsense. Then George's wife Nina(Diane Keaton), the film's voice of reason, tellshim to stop acting...
...This pattern is repeated whenever George isreminded that he is no longer his daughter's hero.It's cute. It's sweet. It's funny. This pattern, Ihope, is what producer Howard Rosenman was talkingabout in the movie's press release when he saidthat "The story is a reaffirmation of commitmentto basic family values." But this pattern is alsorepeated whenever George is reminded howoutlandishly expensive her wedding will be. TheSilly-Daddy-Doesn't-Want-to-Spring-for-a-Gorgeous-Wedding plot goes like this: First, George hearsbad financial news--the wedding cake will costmore than his first car ($1200); the weddingreception...
Based on the general pattern of rent increases,LaFontant predicted that there will be twoincreases this year, in addition to the mostrecent one implemented in January...
Pileggi says she had total control of the process, down to what food was being served by the commissary. "It's all like one big typewriter for her." He sees a pattern in the way Nora circled back, almost despite herself, to the life she had fled. "She certainly had no grand career plan to do this. Her grand career plan is usually how to get all the ingredients together for next Thursday's dinner party...
...fingerprints of the culprits are everywhere. Paragraph 12 consists of, among other things, a list of numbers ostensibly related to JFK's academic record at Choate. It does not take a math concentrator to see the pattern: "two ... two ... 65 ... 110." Drop the zero from 110 and you have 11. Put two and two together to get 22. Subtract one of the twos from...