Word: smartly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...concentrate its fire on Serb military units in Kosovo, and yet reports are trickling out of its capital, Pristina, of large numbers of ethnic Albanian civilians whose homes, limbs and loved ones have been blown away by alliance munitions. Throughout Yugoslavia and even beyond its borders, weapons deemed "smart" and "precision-guided" have veered off target, destroying property and lives. On Monday -- only a day after NATO apologized for a Saturday air strike that killed 47 people on a civilian bus in Kosovo -- it was reported from Montenegro that the alliance had inadvertently bombed a second civilian bus, allegedly killing...
Actually, the absurdity of this film is quite intentional-the writers, director, and actors all embrace it wholeheartedly. So, too, will many viewers: the smart pacing, nimble performances, and wry sense of purpose ease the audience into the right mindset. The unabashedly titillating images and stomach-churning humor somehow seem less offensive when viewed in the film's self-knowing package...
...close company, smart-alecky wisecracks are standard. Most know to curb their critiques in a strange environment. Not these guys. "But I don't participate," Tomijina says. "I don't mingle. I just watch the show. Most of the guys here are kinda surly." Tomijina, self-diagnosed as "fully disassociated with the whole community," also admits that this fact might explain why he is Loker-lounging solo in the first place...
...Katz has transformed his motionless SquiggleVision technique into moving animation, and in doing so has sacrificed some of the banter for which the Comedy Central program is known. But this show, about an eight-year-old who makes films and his mother (Paula Poundstone), is more than smart enough to make you wonder...
...says sarcastically. "I went into battle with a single-shot rifle and 40 bullets. It wasn't enough." Says Arlind Ismailukaj, an Albanian official: "They barely know how to use their Kalashnikovs. Last week they sent in a patrol of 24 men, and 20 were killed. The Serbs are smart and fight with artillery from a distance...