Word: reals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Readers rave about the books' imaginative touches, which have been compared to C.S. Lewis and Roald Dahl. Rowling took real life situations--like going away to school--and painted a world of magic around them...
...books offer something for readers of all ages. Younger readers can envision themselves in Harry's shoes as he explores the new world with his school friends; young adult readers can search for allusions to real moral struggles, and older readers can relive their days of pre-adolescent desire to escape to a land of magic and wonder...
...When I applied to be on The Real World this past summer, I had a single goal in mind. The house, the vacation, the roommates, the new city were all unimportant. I was in it for the clothes. What clothes, you ask? Well, heres my plan (feel free to steal it if you ever get on an MTV show): the moment youre cast, you get on the phone with every major fashion designer in the world. You call Armani, you call Versace, you call DKNY, Polo, Gucci, etc., etc. And you sell yourself, Listen, Im going...
...minutes later, Tenney, Leonard's running mate, puts herself on poster-patrol, stopping to strengthen tape on wayward signs. Because publicity-hungry student groups jostle for prime kiosk real estate, she says she and Leonard will walk around later practicing "poster defense...
...flickering Depression-era career. Allen takes a genial swipe at all of those documentaries in which scholars pose as talking heads, theorizing about their favorite historical figure. The cerebral structure of the movie draws attention to the fictional nature of the whole biographical enterprise: even if Emmet were a real figure, re-constructing his life would still be an art of grappling with, and perhaps smoothing over, the complexities of a man whose only legacy was his music. Allen says of his creation: He was funny. Or if funny is the wrong word, sort of pathetic...