Word: sagas
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Rosenblum’s sweet saga begins in Mesoamerica, the birthplace of chocolate. Archaeologists say that the Mesoamerican Olmec people drank chocolate several millennia ago. And when Hernan Cortes and other conquistadors arrived in Mesoamerica, they were fascinated by chocolate. But most Europeans took some time to fall in love with chocolate—it wasn’t until the 1580s that they started processing and eating it in large quantities...
...chocolate lovers need not give up on me yet—as I read Mort Rosenblum’s “Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light,” I found myself voluntarily picking up chocolate and eating along...
...agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) is not Michael Corleone, Anakin Skywalker, or even Shrek. The original Ms. Congeniality left no audience member rapt in anticipation of her continued life saga. While Ms. Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous is among the most unnecessary sequels in film history (perhaps since Jeepers Creepers 2), it actually succeeds as a cute, fun and campy second chapter following the first’s formula...
...made good parents into bad guys to our kids if we won't let them see a PG-13 film. Of his new movie, Lucas said, "I don't think I would take a 5- or a 6-year-old to this." Terrific. He has merchandised the Star Wars saga to entice kids to see the movies for years on end. We've bought the light sabers, action figures, bedding, T shirts, you name it, and embraced the characters as family. But now my nearly 6-year-old son, who is obsessed with the series, is going to be devastated...
...made good parents into bad guys to our kids if we won't let them see a PG-13 film. Of his new movie, Lucas said, "I don't think I would take a 5- or a 6-year-old to this." Terrific. He has merchandised the Star Wars saga to entice kids to see the movies for years on end. But now my nearly 6-year-old son, who is obsessed with the series, will be devastated when I tell him that the new film is too violent for him. It's O.K. for 5- and 6-year-olds...