Word: seem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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These drugs are not socially acceptable, so they become the natural target for politicians. They are the drugs of decadent youth, of the poor, of a different and a lower class, Reagan and others seem to believe...
...Chaplain John A. Dineen told the Heights, "The situation is definitely something to be wary of." He added, "Some of these people, like Sean, seem fine. Yet at the same time, you hear stories about people all over the country who have been brainwashed by these people and end up leaving their homes...
Drugs and drug dealers, on the other hand, may seem like a more manageable enemy. Moreover, the drug culture is a perfect foe since it reminds Reagan of long-haired "hoodlums" burning draftcards and threatening the security of the wealthy business classes who support him so fervently...
...most sensitive, loving, and boring, is Jamie Overstreet (Tommy Redmond Hicks): "I believe that there is one person in this world that was meant to be your soulmate... For me, Nola Darling was that person." Hicks succeeds in making his character less of a chump than he might seem. Jamie plays the largest part in Nola's love life, and is especially useful as a foil for the other two men. After hearing a poem Jamie has composed for Nola, one competitor remarks "Aw, aw, that's the worst piece of shit I've ever heard...I don't mean...
...Gotta Have It does, alas, bear some traces of its rushed production schedule and quick script-writing. Although every actor delivers the direct camera addresses with genuine skill and wit, dialogue can occasionally sound forced or recited. Several scenes seem contrived. Take, for example, the Thanksgiving dinner Nola sets up to introduce all the rivals on the theory that "you were all going to meet one day..." Of course, the results are disastrous and Nola should know better than to have expected civility on such an occasion. Still, Lee can be forgiven almost any such questionable twists of plot because...