Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Comptroller Sheldon Tandler refused speculate on why land values increased significantly over the last year but he did say that his office is now. conducting its annual review of tax assessments. Land prices in the area may have gone up because St. Paul's Church recently sold a plot of land on Quincy Street for more than $6 million, a higher price than was expected...
...political commentary, however, is incorporated into the plot and the characters' lives themselves. There are no sections that blatantly castigate the existing regimes. But by emphasizing the theme of individual success, the novel has a strong optimistic undercurrent...
Although the plot confused the leads, the writer and director...
...film isn't merely a showcase for Hanks and Field. The minor characters are vital to the plot and theme; the lineup of stand-up comics at the Gas Station is odd and intriguing. One man dresses as a nun every night; another, an overweight high school history teacher, endures hissing disdain from the audience--all for the sake of his family, his students and comedy. Romeo (Mark Rydell), the self-concerned club manager, tries to prod and cajole his comics to the top. These characters are left behind as Steven and Lilah rise closer to success, and we feel...
...detective claims, he got an offer of $10,000 from Judith Lynette East, 45, to knock off her Mark, 31, and one of $5,000 from Venise Lynette Morris, 27, to rub out her Michael, 41. The two women had more than a murder plot in common: Judith East is the mother of Venise Morris...