Word: scrunch
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...husband rises early each morning and goes downstairs to read the newspaper. I scrunch deeper under the comforter, squeezing out more dreams. Until a few months ago, my three-pound boy dog would dance on my face to waken me. Now his two-pound sister, who is also bereft, lies quietly on my chest. If I don't stir, she licks my nostrils as gentle reveille...
...Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein began planning a two-part adaptation of Tolkien's trilogy. Soon, however, Weinstein got nervous about the cost. And Jackson got nervous when Weinstein suggested they scrunch the tale down to just one movie. In 1998 Miramax allowed the filmmaker to shop the project to other studios, but on two strict conditions: whoever bought it would have just 72 hours to repay Weinstein the $12 million he had spent on preproduction costs, and Weinstein had to be guaranteed 5% of the gross...
...band adds some interesting sneers to the original chorus of “whoos,” and heck, they even kept the falsetto. Moving to the rest of their catalogue, though, reveals a much-repeated combination of jittery rhythms and angsty vocals which express either whiny frustration or scrunch-faced resolve, and not much else. This is not the most innovative of musical styling. Nor does it provide the ears with endless fun. One need only listen to ANThology, the recent album that launched “Smooth Criminal” and the original single “Movies...
...anything to avoid emotional limbo. It’s almost as if we have stepped onto the screen of a cinematic romance: Either we’re passionate Camilles doomed to tragedy, or we’re chipper Meg Ryans, ready to win the hero with a scrunch of our nose. And to a certain extent, that’s great. That’s what the movies are for—escapism and entertainment. In the case of romantic comedies, where the outcome is pre-determined by the marquee (Did you really think that Bill Pullman was going...
...being able to ask someone to find information on those new-fangled computers for them. Interns may walk home to save a buck, only to blow the money on Coronas in smoky bars full of fellow interns. And interns awake in the morning with another hangover, zip and scrunch themselves into the uncomfortable clothes and begin again...