Word: sheerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, is particularly disturbed by the growing political support for self-censorship. "Rating systems may work, however badly, in TV or movies, where there are relatively few programs and armies of lawyers," he says. "But with E-mail, chat rooms and newsgroups, the sheer volume is overwhelming...
...character of Japanese society--the sheer unthinkableness of any but a purely platonic affair between two such protagonists--is perfectly exemplified in the Japanese attitude towards dancing, still looked at askance and rather suspiciously as a somewhat unseemly public demonstration. Sugiyama's victory is not that he wins Mai (though, in a sense, he does) but that he transcends these barriers and gains something even more precious: the pure joy of dancing and a taste of freedom and exhilaration that has eluded him in all the other aspects of his strictly-conventional life...
...Frankfurter Allgemeine to Town & Country--that she experienced again and again in a career that was launched in scandal when she appeared as the tender (and fully exposed) model in the photographs of her lover and later husband Alfred Stieglitz. She advanced that early fame on the sheer power of her painting, her personality and, increasingly, her role as an icon of feminist strength. With the inauguration of the new building, O'Keeffe joins a small number of disparate American artists with memorial museums: Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell and Frederic Remington among them. In fact, she is the only American...
...Fair Lady," one of the most beloved musicals to emerge from the '60s--certainly one of the loveliest and wittiest. And finally, Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor," which may come close to "Lawrence of Arabia" for benefits from big-screen presentation: few can match Bertolucci for sheer richness of visual style. One can also look for Peter O'Toole again, this time in a supporting role, and alas, much older, but still retaining terrific poise and those deep blue eyes...
...series isn't without its share of technical glitches. There were a number of reel "jumps" and discontinuities in "Lawrence"--due, perhaps, to the sheer age of the reel); and more frustratingly, occasional sound lapses in "Hamlet" (if there's anything that absolutely shouldn't have sound problems, it's a Shakespeare film). This is also not exactly paradise for people who hate crowds. To get a good seat, you need to come early and wait in a line reminiscent of a Disney World ride; but once seated, you need to wait until the theater is filled to capacity...