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Word: sisterly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pesetas; you add it up, because I stopped counting. Tits? Two. I'm no monster." Agrado's entry into the action gives the film a sardonic appeal but destroys the integrity of the drama. Penelope Cruz, one of Spain's up and coming actresses, meets Manuela as Sister Rosa, a beautiful young nun impregnated and infected with HIV by none other than the famous and increasingly mythical figure, Lola. Coupled with this twist, Manuela becomes a stage assistant for Huma's run in Barcelona. Thus, melodrama ensues--a transvestite, a nun carrying Esteban's half-brother and a woman...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Almodóvar in Love...With Mom? | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...Almodvar allows the women to learn about themselves even though each woman creates a new reality within her existence. Manuela pretends to be a poor theater aficionado, Agrado pretends to be a real woman, Huma wishes to run from a heart broken by her cocaine-snorting junkie girlfriend, and Sister Rosa must hide from the order and her parents. Yet in this situation, four women learn that the kindness of strangers and the spontaneous solidarity of women is no fallacy. Acting and repression pave the way for a confrontation with reality; Lola greets the viewer in the end, debilitated with...

Author: By Nikki Usher, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Almodóvar in Love...With Mom? | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...will find with most of its opponents this year, the Crimson has a size advantage over all three teams at the tournament. Johnson, her freshman sister, 6'4 Sarah Johnson, 6'3 sophomore Lindsay Ryba and 6'2 freshman Kate Ides give Harvard depth and height at its four and five spots...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ECAC Holdiay Tourney is Next Test for W. Hoops | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...thought it was interesting that you mentioned Velvet Underground. I can definitely see a similarity between your music and something like "Sister Ray," with that almost intense repetition...

Author: By Josiah J. Madigan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: "It's Just Trance Music, Really" | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...This girl, my sister Sherri Beth Hyman, who in all likelihood will never live self-sufficiently or even graduate from high school, has taught me more that anyone I know: She has taught me how to love and how to treat others...

Author: By Jennifer Y. Hyman, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Unreading Period | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

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