Word: shock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...powerful. As the emotionally torn Pearl, Lane does an excellent job of conveying the sadness and regret that motivates her to do the unthinkable. Her credibility crumbles as she becomes more entangled in her affair with Walker, and the ease with which she betrays her husband is unfathomable. The shock is enhanced by Schreibier's convincing portrayal of Marty, the model of integrity and goodness. Pearl's journey of discovery has a happy ending, though one that is tempered by the sad reality of unrealized dreams. It's a mixed fate for Pearl, whose "walk on the moon" nearly costs...
...Cold War foreign policy, paint a vivid picture of the horrors and atrocities still present in our supposedly "modern warfare" and convey the hopelessness and frustration of entire societies through the lives of individuals. Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent Mark Fritz succeeds in writing a thoughtful book that should shock the average, complacent American into realizing that a world of incredible human tragedies surround an insulated, peaceful American society...
...Milosevic seemed to be winning, at least by his peculiar calculus. He has foisted a barbarous humanitarian crisis upon his neighbors and the European continent. The sight of thousands upon thousands of dazed, weeping refugees fleeing for their lives into the region's poorest, least stable states set off shock waves in the West. The states themselves--particularly Macedonia and Montenegro--trembled at the very real possibility that Kosovo's instability was contagious...
...considering herself a success. This month Playboy features the statuesque starlet in what she claims are unauthorized pictures taken prior to her big break. "The photos were taken expressly for the purpose of her portfolio and not for publication," says Theron's publicist. He says it was a "complete shock" when they came out in Playboy. Theron is considering legal action. But this would seem to be the perfect time to ask for a percentage of the magazine's gross...
...starring in all her roles. For Little Flower (1980), playing a revolutionary's daughter in pre-Maoist China, she won the Hundred Flowers Award. Instead of staying in China, she moved to New York City as an actress-model. "I was clueless when I arrived," she recalls. "The cultural shock--even the toothpaste tasted different! My desire to go to the States was so vague, yet so strong. It's like going to heaven: you don't plan what happens after you enter." Chen quickly learned what Westerners expected of an Asian woman. On one of her first auditions...