Word: soft
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...Japanese are shunning the icons of popular American culture or of America itself. While it is true that the Japanese -- like many Americans -- think twice about buying an American car, they consume more than a billion dollars' worth of McDonald's fast food each year and another billion in soft drinks from Coca-Cola...
...costs of her wedding). The explicit message of Father of The Bride--the 1950 Spencer Tracy/Elizabeth Taylor original as well as the 1991 version--is that people are more important than money, and there's nothing wrong with that. But the implicit message of the remake is that the soft budget constraints of the 80s were nothing to be ashamed of; that conspicuous consumption is not only understandable, but admirable; that people who dare to voice concerns aboutextravagant spending are irrational, insensitivegoofballs who need to be taught a lesson. And inan insidious way, it's a pretty convincingmessage...
...sheds a soft, warm light over life, reminding the reader of all of life's gifts. In seemingly meaningless events, Schnur finds an underlying richness of life. Although the book sometimes teeters on the edge of being cutesy and predictable, for the most part Schnur resists the temptation to over-sentimentalize...
...book has the same type of feeling as the television show The Wonder Years. Though Schnur does much more than simply reminisce about his youth, each story has the feeling of a childhood memory. Schnur bathes his recollections in a soft, romantic light that makes the harsh realities of life, like loss and rejection, tolerable and the joys of life incredible...
...situations is Rullman, who scored a career-high 28 points against UNH. Rullman is the team's most consistent scoring threat. When he decides to take the perimeter shot, he is deadly, but his best work is down low in traffic. Instead of power, Rullman uses finesse and a soft touch to elude the waving arms...