Word: smarting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shocked to discover, is not a video game. Seduced by the antiseptic green glimmers of smart bombs and high-altitude jet jockeys flickering across TV screens, we'd come to consider international conflict little more than the quick thrill of bloodless lightning victories. This war is not like that. This war is the ruthless reduction of Kosovo: mass expulsion, killing, burned villages, the obliteration of a people's identity. This war is American soldiers--Staff Sergeant Andrew Ramirez, Staff Sergeant Christopher Stone, Specialist 4 Steven Gonzales--captured, humiliated, perhaps tried, perhaps killed. This war is sophisticated supertech airplanes dropping tons...
...first solo album, Illmatic (1994), was a rap classic--lean, smart and at times jazzy. His new album, I Am... (Columbia), aims even higher: the songs are grander, more aggressive, more cinematic. Several top pop performers stop by for duets, including Puff Daddy (on the booming Hate Me Now), hip-hop-soul singer Aaliyah (on the ballad You Won't See Me Tonight) and gangsta rapper DMX (on the rough-riding Life Is What You Make...
...thing that's clear from the glut of contemporary teenpix is that a lot of young talent is being wasted in gonadal junk. If only these kids could find a smart script and a director who knew how to harness their coltish appeal, they might quickly turn promise into achievement. As it happens, the wait wasn't all that long. Here is a picture that has wit, a hairpin-turn narrative, high pizazz and ensemble star quality. Ready...
...well as the character comedy does. The movie has so many different set pieces that it sometimes looks like Liman's demo reel. And all right, you've seen these elements before--but rarely so engagingly assembled. With its three-part structure framing a story of drugs and smart talk, but also with a heart so understanding that it lets nobody die, Go is a prime example of Tarantino cute: pup fiction...
...give myself credit for all the hard work and all the intese travel. I'll give myself credit for being smart," she said . But there were handn'tbeen any [women] there before...