Word: sheerly
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa.--If sheer number of scoring opportunities paints a perfect picture of ability, the better team won Saturday's women's soccer contest between Harvard and Pennsylvania...
...sheer variety and literary ingenuity, perhaps only Finnegans Wake (a mere 628 pages) can compare to the 3,183-page work released last week by the Office of the Independent Counsel. In fine postmodern style, it is filled with real data, everything from e-mail to grand jury testimony to phone logs. Some of our favorite things...
...cosmopolitan irony of the lyric is offset completely by a glowing arrangement. The overlay of subtle syncopations and retro instrumentation makes the song surreal and engaging, like a chance meeting with Burt Bacharach after hours at a chic London nightclub. Some might call this kitsch, but emotional immediacy and sheer musical complexity make the song and the album awfully hard not to enjoy, like the charming early work of the Cardigans (emmerdale, Life), which was better and deeper than most people noticed. Hopefull,y this album won't be as sadly neglected; with the compellingly glamorous voice of chanteuse Sarah...
...taken on. "Right up to the second we shot the scene, I had never, ever sat on a motorbike, and I didn't realize one has to balance," says the 112-lb. or so Kelly. "All worry about the nudity went out the window as the fear, terror and sheer cold crept in," he says. "Even at 35 miles an hour, I thought, 'My God, it's Steve McQueen time...
Unvexed by boring details, which usually just compound the implausibility of action movies anyway, we are free to appreciate the sheer stylishness of Ronin. This derives from the counterpoint between Mamet's verbal manner--weary, knowing, elliptical--and director John Frankenheimer's bold visual manner...