Word: similarities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plenty of oohs and ahhs. They're gorgeous! Then I played tourist for a weekend, snapping flowers and the New York City skyline and taking more preening self-portraits than I'd like to admit. But I soon discovered that while all the cameras were easy to use, had similar features and cost about $250 apiece, each was flawed...
...four black students remain seated at Woolworth's whites-only counter; in Greensboro, N.C. Harris did not serve the protesters, but his insistence that police not be called helped energize the sit-in, which after six months (and hundreds of demonstrators) succeeded in integrating the counter. The action sparked similar tests across the South...
...night scenes feel nerve-wrackingly long. Also, the scary things in most horror movies are outlandish and laughable. Scream makes a virtue of this, winking at every silly cliche of the genre. But Blair Witch invests ordinary things--piles of rocks, bundles of twigs--with horrifying meaning. Since similar objects appear in many shots, there's often a split-second when we're reminded of the unseen menace. And we can't laugh off our fears, so the tension doesn't dissipate...
...wrackingly long. Also, the scary things in most horror movies are outlandish and laughable even as they scare us. Scream makes a virtue of this, as it winks at every silly clich of the genre. This movie terrifies, however, with ordinary things-piles of rocks, bundles of twigs. Since similar objects appear in many shots, the menacing presence never seems to leave. And we can't laugh off our fears, so the tension doesn't dissipate...
...similar process of educated-guess-and-error led people to load up on the nutritional supplement beta carotene in the early 1990s. Scientists noted that those who eat lots of fruits and vegetables tend to get less cancer and speculated that carotenoids--the same antioxidant substances that seem to protect against heart disease--were responsible. In particular, they focused on beta carotene, the most abundant and common carotenoid, as the most likely to prevent cancer...