Word: sightedly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Ponette is no simple moper. The most sanctified movie masochist since Robert Bresson's Mouchette, she is on her own childhood Calvary, a quest to find her mother in this life or the next. The sight of a child digging furiously into cemetery dirt may upset some viewers; others will wonder if Doillon's manipulation of little Victoire's emotions doesn't come close to child abuse. But it is an amazing performance, or acting out, that expresses the human need for something to believe in. For Ponette it is her mother, an embracing vision of purity and security...
...dominant alternative to the local exchange monopoly" costs a bundle. Capital spending of $228 million last year outweighed $190 million in sales. Bryan has raised a $1.1 billion war chest; without deregulation, he says, "the financial markets wouldn't have been open to us." But a payoff is in sight. In Ohio, where the company is attempting to woo customers away from Ameritech, ICG marketers' cold calls have led to a remarkable 50% in follow-up appointments. Bryan says ICG will probably have a positive cash flow next year...
...pointing to the kind of good times that have traditionally come along only once every few decades. The marathon expansion that has created nearly 14 million new jobs since 1991 is already the country's third longest on record--and still appears to have legs. With no end in sight, the current recovery could claim the No. 1 spot by the turn of the century. "This is perhaps the best U.S. upturn ever, with superb performance statistics and no obvious excesses anywhere," says Allen Sinai, chief global economist for Primark Decision Economics...
...much glamour in the Internet router business. The VCR-size boxes that weave computers into networks belong to the realm of techies. Late at night, when corporations sleep, "geek squads"--the human infrastructure of the information age--stuff routers into closets, under desks or anywhere out of sight. It is not a business that produces headlines...
Finally, arise early. Six o'clock occurs in the morning too. Take my word for it. And if you get up at 6 (5 is better), you can watch the sun struggle up into place. You will be grateful for the silent glory of that sight, as the sun, at once enlarging and moving farther away, becomes the sky it enlightens. I am thinking, of course, of you. Goodbye...