Word: peter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...movie translation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, which began filming last month. Spread out over more than a thousand pages in three volumes, the book is notoriously difficult to film, the last attempt being Ralph Bakshi's horrid 1978 cartoon. How will director Peter Jackson satisfy the book's millions of fans? The fact is, he won't. But perhaps he can at least satisfy himself, and give the world an excellent version of one person's view of Middle-Earth; and that's really...
...Bringing Out the Dead owes a lot to New York City, its silent costar, but there's another central contender as well--the hospital dubbed Our Lady of Misery. There's a column of bullying power in the black police officer who, like Saint Peter, mans the entrance to the clinic, deciding who is admitted and who is not. But through the steely gates is not paradise, for this overcrowded, understaffed clinic has patients writhing and screaming within every cinematic inch. In this fluorescent-lighted madhouse, the sterile, linoleum-- tiled hospital reflects the emotional tone of the nurses and doctors...
Gore countered with his own health care plan, deriding the cost of Bradley's as "way excessive," which drew a laugh from the crowd. Gore's presentation was often informal, as he engaged questioners in dialogue and told one "St. Peter at the gates of heaven" joke about health maintenance organizations...
...done a good job, and it's true, he really does lead by example," sophomore defenseman Peter Capouch said. "He's not real vocal, but he's a hard worker. It's those leadership qualities which qualify him to be captain and why we chose...
...central weakness of this team is its blueline. Only three of its returning players--seniors Scorsune (8-9-17) and Moore (1-2-3) along with sophomore Peter Capouch (3-3-6), saw significant minutes last year and will be called upon to perform yeoman's duty this season...