Word: sheerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...joys of Chucky are pure and simple. There's this doll, see, and he's possessed by the soul of a serial killer and so he kills a lot of people in improbable ways. The sheer inanity of this premise ensures entry into B-movie heaven, but as this is the fourth of the Child's Play movies (it's been 10 years since the first) something new is added: Chucky's ex-girlfriend is turned into an equally evil and equally plastic doll. So there are all your standard horror movie tropes--"chilling" music, ridiculous quick cuts...
...endeavor that demands sheer endurance, skill and intelligence, rowing pushes you to the limit of your physical and mental capabilities--and once you reach that limit, rowing confronts you with the terrifying prospect of having to determine whether you have the will to stand up to the challenge or just shrink away. Indeed, rowing will educate you in a more valuable way than anything in the classroom can. The moment You resolve to pick up an oar, there's no turning back: you are committed to the very...
...intricate, speed-of-light action sequences and its humor, and these both derive from the talents of Hung, who has been a star of comedy-action films in Hong Kong since the 1970s. The result is a series that will win no Emmys but is highly entertaining, and whose sheer craft, at least in its choreography and acrobatics, puts most of the rest of TV to shame...
...feel totally at ease, and Oprah is so reassuring and has such a firm commitment to goodness. This is a person who succeeded completely through hard work, and never stepped on anyone or stooped to cutthroat tactics on her way to the top. Working with her, I realized the sheer range and strength of this woman. She's one of the most inspiring people I've ever...
...kitchen staff, unless he or she were intoxicated. Once they sobered up and checked out the pilot episode--a heavy-handed, totally unfunny spoof of the current White House scandal--they would have asked themselves, "What were we thinking?" and pulled the plug on the series out of sheer embarrassment...