Word: proof
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...best sense of the word they -- and the movie -- remain wayward, unpredictable. For this, credit the blarney-proof script of Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot) and the wintry imagery and emotional firmness of the direction by Mike Newell (Enchanted April). There are no leprechauns sitting on their shoulders. Their fantasy is firmly grounded in the austere reality of modern Ireland, and that reality adds poignance to the mythic yearnings of the characters...
...easy way out and throw up our hands. Like it or not, government is a indispensable part of our lives. And it's up to us to take charge of the system, instead of letting it take charge of us. If we don't, our cynicism will remain as proof of our own complicity. Rather than blaming the system, we'll have no one to blame but ourselves...
...proof that there is a whole new generation out there that completely understands all of this society's foibles. And can only laugh at them...
Anyone looking for more proof of the revival need only check out the history of Legend, a compilation of songs by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Sales of the album, released in 1984, have recently surged. The record has dominated Billboard's Top Pop Catalog album chart for an unprecedented 17 weeks, outdrawing such heavyweights as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Michael Jackson's Thriller and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...
...Modulus graphite? Boron? They used to put boron into gasoline, or at least into gasoline ads. Now it goes into wildly technological golf clubs and tennis racquets. Or is that argon? Or titanium? Neither of which is to be confused with something called Kevlar -- the stuff they make bullet-proof vests from. Kevlar these days is a very hot item. There are bulletproof Kevlar canoes, for example. And water skis. And bicycle tights. (A lie: the Kevlar bike tights, for the moment, are imaginary. But remember, you saw them here first.) The rest of these molecular rarities, however, actually exist...