Word: sentimentalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Julia Sawalha's Ophelia, stumbling about because she refuses to wear glasses onstage. Joan Collins does such a nice turn as a high-powered agent that one fancies she might make a go of acting if writing novels continues to sour for her. Branagh sometimes sacrifices bite to the sentiment so endemic to show biz. But this bustling, affectionately knowing film is never slow...
...have reinforced America's technological edge. "Some people refer to [IPOs] as a game," Doerr says. "But the notion that an entrepreneur can have a big idea and gain financial independence for his family is at the very heart of the American system of fair play." Echoing that sentiment is Dan Case, chairman of Hambrecht & Quist, a San Francisco venture-capital and investment-banking firm that helped manage the public offerings of Netscape and Pixar Animation last year. Says Case, who is the brother of America Online chairman Steve Case, another IPO millionaire: "IPOs are the fuel that entrepreneurs...
...Anthee Carassavas reports that the leftist movement it supports is still rankling over U.S. intervention after Greece and Turkey came to the brink of war last month over claims to a small by symbolic islet in the south Aegan sea. "This comes amid a period of rising anti-American sentiment which has been fueled by the outome of that crisis. President Clinton sent in troubleshooter Richard Holbrooke, who reached an eleventh-hour deal to have them withdraw their forces and leave the island stripped of any kind of flag. But it also ties in with the fact that...
...Midwinter's Tale' is a very acceptable update." Especially if you like Woody Allen. Branagh has adopted a number of Allen's mannerisms in shooting this story of a half a dozen profoundly marginalized English actors determined to put on a play. "Branagh sometimes sacrifices bite to the sentiment so endemic to show biz," says Schickel. "But this bustling, affectionately knowing film is never slow...
...MOINES: A record turnout of 130,000 Iowa voters gathered in firehouses, school gyms, churches and other community commons Monday evening in the first major expression of voter sentiment in the 1996 presidential race. As Iowans gathered to make their decisions Monday evening, the real winner may be the candidate who virtually moved to the state months ago. Lamar Alexander, who has spent more time talking to Iowans about his hopes and dreams than any other GOP candidate, is expected to make a very strong showing in the caucuses. SaysTIME Managing Editor Walter Isaacson, "The key thing that characterizes Alexander...