Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...respond to the cubs sired by their predecessors? The grisly answer is that they systematically search them out and kill them." The Darwinian reason, say Daly and Wilson, is that all animals, including humans, prefer to promote their own "genetic posterity." Unrelated youngsters don't necessarily fit into that scheme...
...Damon) and Bartelby (Ben Affleck), have found a loophole in Catholic doctrine which could cleanse them of their sins and allow them to re-enter heaven, negating the truth that God is infallible and consequently unmaking existence. These two Jersey-bound travelers don't understand the consequences of their scheme, and go their way, gleefully handing out the Wrath of God every chance they get. As is to be expected, Affleck and Damon have a great onscreen rapport, which lends itself beautifully to both the sensational and frivolous components of the film. Although it is not a stretch for them...
Miller will likely use a three-guard rotation in his up-tempo offensive scheme. Senior point guard Corey Vandiver (6.5 ppg, 80 assists), a two-year starter, and sophomore Travis Brown (7.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg), who started as a rookie and shot a .423 three-point percentage last year, should join Bowes-Little in the backcourt...
...near Disney World. The Bridgeses soon learned that they had acquired a valuable currency in today's booming vacation market. Before long they were trading their place for a week's skiing at Lake Tahoe or a visit to New Orleans. "I guess I always thought there was a scheme," says Edith Bridges. "But it's working...
...extensive experience as a journalist in the fashion industry reveals itself in her sensitive rendering of the large personalities of the industry. Despite the attention to individual detail, though, Agins seems to have only constructed these figures so that they might be situated into a faulty Doomsday scheme of history. Far from the whimpering, feeble creature that Agins suggests, fashion--whether Ungaro, Tommy, or Banana--has become one of few artistic forces to seize upon contemporary American culture with a resounding bang, not a whimper...