Word: poignant
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...keep going. He attaches himself to an educated Iranian woman who has returned from Canada to save her sister. As Makhmalbaf showed in Gabbeh, he is Iran's great colorist; here the grand vistas, the gorgeous hues of the women's burkas (which hide all but their eyes) offer poignant counterpoint to the Taliban's ravaging of a beautiful land. We know of their desecration of ancient Buddhas; now we see how they ravage their people. One way is through land mines that pock the desert; some are concealed in dolls that lure children to pick them up and lose...
...better and smarter." Declared a California teen: "I usually don't finish my homework until 11 p.m. I'm so stressed. I get good grades, but I'm in fear that without more extracurricular activities, I may not get into the college I want." And we got this poignant e-mail from a 14-year-old Ontario girl: "School is great, and so is studying, but sometimes when I'm working inside on a beautiful day I almost start to cry. I hope I don't wake up some day to find I spent my entire childhood behind a textbook...
...company want to do is make the viewer laugh, and no earwax or "ass"-is-a-synonym-for-"donkey" joke falls below their standards. Though not every wisecrack connects, the movie makes a commendable effort in creating an animated movie that is actually funny rather than "adventurous" and "poignant" as most other cartoon features tend to be nowadays...
...violent militia members. And while Johnson always remains the outsider—a stranger attempting self-understanding through observing the natives—the strength of his narratives stems from immersion and interaction. For instance, when Johnson lives with hippies, he does as hippies do, with results both poignant and humorous. In Seek, the narrator rarely reduces to a cipher...
...between lovers, between friends, between parents and children. As such, it is highly accessible to a wide audience. Especially relevant for the Harvard student community, however, is the message that all lives are interconnected, and that actions will have residual effects on others. Into the Woods also contains the poignant message that fleeting parent-child relations should be treasured while still available...