Word: perfective
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...Hanging with the Heroes,” the name of Disney’s block of hero cartoon shows, is the perfect escape for the burnt-out college student. The medium of animation allows for imaginative freedom from reality. Aladdin elicits the help of a genie and a magic carpet to outwit murderous mud monsters. A young Hercules battles giant spiders and multiple-headed lions. Kim takes down colossal robots and magma guns...
...writer Braff’s surreal mix of dark and occasionally cheeky humor with generation-lost profundity is perfect for setting the scene, a mood that often feels more real than that of most still-coming-of-age films. And, while Braff the actor manages to justify and even enrich his numb character the more he weaves his way through a maze of “how old are we” house parties, fluorescent-lighting and tentative moments with a new girl, Sam (Natalie Portman ’03), there’s something awkward that still shouldn?...
...Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Her portraits simply drip glamour - the wealthy and celebrated of the day posed for Tamara de Lempicka, and her striking oils capture their red lipstick, perfect nails and skin as glossy as their satin dresses. Some art authorities dismiss De Lempicka (1898-1980), a Polish-Russian painter who flourished in '20s and '30s Paris, as a purveyor of kitsch, and leave her out of their histories of 20th century art. Others see her as an icon whose...
...emboldened in their quest when Billabong, an Australian surfwear company, set up the Billabong Odyssey, a fund to pay for surfers to travel anywhere in the world in pursuit of a 100-ft. wave. Billabong will award $250,000 to the first surfer who conquers one. Generated by a perfect storm far out at sea, traveling faster than 40 m.p.h. and breaking with an earthshaking force that would be heard several miles back from the beach, a 100-ft. wave would probably kill anyone who fell off it. But Billabong has 64 volunteers on its list ready to give...
...given her a kind of spiritual-sexual hangover she's still trying to get over. She has a lot of catching up to do. Oh, and she's a newspaper columnist--not the most original plot device, but, hey, sometimes the formula works. The Big Love is a perfect sugary confection, with a surprising center of wistful wisdom...