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...drama, he successfully proved all the cynics wrong, putting his acting skills on display through his portrayal of the allegorical Bagger Vance. Blending an air of wisdom with a mischievious sense of humor, Bagger is easily the most fascinating character in the film, and Smith's performance is a pleasant surprise. As for the always-tantalizing Charlize Theron? She enhances the role of Adele by giving the character two distinct layers of complexity. At times, we see her clever, manipulative side, using her feminine sensibilities and Southern charm to manipulate the male characters around her. But when she interacts with...

Author: By Richard Ho, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Legend' of the Fall | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...pleasant to meet the people from the consulting companies and get feedback on what we did well and what we didn't do well," he said...

Author: By Mildred M. Yuan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Seniors Snag Money for Consulting Prowess | 10/31/2000 | See Source »

Well, you wouldn't know they were keen from the behavior of government officials or the cowed population on the street. The minders tried to keep the journalists cooped up inside the Hotel Koryo - clean and pleasant enough, with good Korean food, Japanese beer and working phone lines. The diplomats staying at the hotel were told in their pre-trip briefing in D.C. that they would be in the part of the hotel that was bugged and had surveillance, while the journalists were in the bug-free tower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Strange World of N. Korea's 'Great Leader' | 10/28/2000 | See Source »

...songs on Never Enough Time stumble through incoherent, seemingly random lines like "A rock thrown through/The rear window/They took my socks" in "Smash the Car" and "I keep trying to clean my room/There's a coffee cup in my underwear drawer" in the title track. So while surely a pleasant enough listen in Club Passim or on a walk through the Square, Nate Borofsky's Never Enough Time will likely be relegated to the closet corner. C+ -Stacy A. Porter...

Author: By Arts Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Albums | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

Westland is a pleasant city of about 90,000 middle-class folk who work close to home - mainly in the car business - and rarely find a reason to make the half hour's drive east across suburban Wayne County to Detroit. I originally went to Westland because it's the land of the Reagan Democrat and in 1996 its 55,000 registered voters mirrored the statewide presidential vote. How Westland went was how Michigan went - and this year Michigan is crucial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ground Zero in the Presidential Battleground | 10/27/2000 | See Source »

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