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Word: seemly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...What saves the movie is the sheer earnestness of everyone involved. Najwa Nimri and Fele Martinez are captivating as Medem's quasi-incestuous lovers. There's both a passion and an intelligence to their personalities that suits the movie well. They seem to be at once constantly contemplating the strange pull of fate that directs their lives and rebelling against it, trying to make room for emotions in the coldly mathematical world that Medem creates. Medem himself as both writer and director shares this passion and intelligence. Lovers of the Arctic Circle could very easily come across as a pretentious...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 2 -> 1: A Math Made in Heaven | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

What saves the movie is the sheer earnestness of everyone involved. Najwa Nimri and Fele Martinez are captivating as Medem's quasi-incestuous lovers. There's both a passion and an intelligence to their personalities that suits the movie well. They seem to be at once constantly contemplating the strange pull of fate that directs their lives and rebelling against it, trying to make room for emotions in the coldly mathematical world that Medem creates. Medem himself as both writer and director shares this passion and intelligence. Lovers of the Arctic Circle could very easily come across as a pretentious...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 2-> 1: A Math Made in Heaven | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...competing waves, one in the shape of a hammer and sickle and the other resembling the face of Alan Greenspan. That way, at least the fans wouldn't have to put on a gag when they walk into Camden Yards. As it is, the Orioles and the Cuban government seem to want to promote "contact" and "dialogue" between the two nations without the citizens of either actually speaking to one another...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Editorial Notebook: Hey, Batter, Batter | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...topic didn't seem like anything to laugh about, but at last night's panel discussion on gay rights and civil rights, the jokes just kept on coming...

Author: By Kiratiana E. Freelon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panelists Discuss Gay, Civil Rights at KSG | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...affected more groups on campus than anyone realizes. And none of these groups were contacted during negotiations; not RUS, not our partners, not even administrators in Radcliffe Undergraduate Programs. We were not considered in the course of arrangements to merge the two schools because we as undergraduates don't seem to matter to Harvard administrators...

Author: By Kathryn B. Clancy, | Title: What Radcliffe Does for You | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

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