Word: sagas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hype that surrounded its 10-month saga to find an American distributor, Lolita is, in the end, surprisingly tame. Overwhelming us with a cascade of lovely images, Lolita succeeds in being tragically moving despite the unsavory plot. Indeed, the reason why Lyne's film works is that it focuses upon the potential of film to beautify even the grotesque. The effect is a little artificial, a spectacle designed to seduce the viewer into turning away from the moral problem of the film. In a time when films often try to say something about life, here is a film about...
...happen. Her doctor called Peter Jacobi, medical director of PrimaHealth, and Jacobi authorized an additional day. Thompson's saga sounds like one of those sepia-toned HMO commercials: dub in the triumphant music, fade out with mother embracing child. But this is no ad, nor is PrimaHealth an HMO. It's a rarer species in the managed-care jungle, called an independent-practice association. IPAs are groups of doctors who band together to act like HMOs. Some medical observers believe that if IPAs like PrimaHealth spread, they could make managed care a lot more patient-friendly...
Adrian Lyne's controversial film Lolita had the misfortune of arriving in a time when the sexual abuse of children has become an explosive societal issue. For all the hype that surrounded its 10-month saga to find an American distributor, Lolita is, in the end, surprisingly tame; those expecting child pornography or a trenchant critique of pedophilia are bound to be disappointed. Still, Lyne has done an admirable job with the challenge of adapting Vladimir Nabokov's famous novel for the screen. Overwhelming us with a cascade of lovely images, Lolita succeeds in being tragically moving despite the unsavory...
...take place. Although Clinton's resignation has been called for by numerous individuals both within and without the political arena, it is clear that he will not resign. Let him stick out his last two years in office. The country is sick of dealing with this tiresome Clinton saga. It is time to move on. --Kamil E. Redmond '00 --Georgia N. Alexakis...
...House's decision today will probably mark the beginning of a new stage in this saga, one which we hope will be what Starr's investigation was not--fair, decent, efficient and speedy...