Word: screens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sixth Congressional District, its demographics, how it divided between suburban and rural areas and why he had a shot at getting elected. True, the G.O.P. in Georgia barely existed. But Gingrich, as ever, was looking ahead, and saw an opportunity. After all, there was no powerful Republican establishment to screen out a presumptuous junior professor who was in a hurry to get to Congress and didn't want to waste time doing favors for party elders...
...verdict, when it finally came, left most whites bewildered and angry, many blacks jubilant. As the nation regarded itself on this split screen, it became apparent that the truths we hold to be self-evident are perhaps evident only to some: justice has a different meaning for the minority motorist pulled over for speeding or for no reason at all. Cochran skillfully managed to make O.J. Simpson, with his white wife and his country-club friends, the unlikely symbol of this ugly racial truth--and so exploited the media frenzy of a celebrity case to deliver a message too often...
...crocodiles and spiders--spends so much time on the how of special effects that it neglects the why of characterization. Jumanji wastes the gifts of two terrific comic actors, Robin Williams and David Alan Grier, and some other good people (Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt). Like the viewer, everyone on-screen pretty much sits back, gets strapped in and takes a bumpy techno-thrill ride through a haunted house...
...Roger Moore, who are too old for the part. Nobody currently acting could do the role better than Pierce Brosnan. Wake up, guys! This is what all of us women want to see, and we'll keep on watching Brosnan as long as he shows up on the screen. PHYLLIS HUMPHREY Oceanside, Californi...
What can a $500 dumb computer do? Not much. A decent 17-inch color monitor costs about $700. Most people want to see their information in color on a nice, big screen; how will IBM and Oracle overcome this difficulty...