Word: solely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Titanic will most likely clean house among the smaller awards--the sole exception being, possibly, a well-deserved win for best cinematography for Kundun. As for the rest, there's no help for it; best just turn the TV off when Celine Dion comes on stage...
...British have invaded. Sole American Helen Hunt wowed many with her turn as the waitress-with-backbone (not to mention a great back) in As Good As It Gets, but she's too new a big-screen presence to win. Ditto for Kate Winslet(Titanic), who merits only compassion for her efforts to overcome a rotten script. Julie Christie(Afterglow) already has her Oscar dues; the showdown will likely be between Helena Bonham-Carter (The Wings of the Dove) and Judi Dench(Mrs. Brown...
...twister ripped off the roof of Steve Mitchell's house in the Flamingo Lakes subdivision near Kissimmee, Mitchell found his 8-year-old son still sleeping safely--and soundly--in his room. There were, of course, tales of tragedy as well. Five-year-old Ashley Himes was the sole survivor after a tornado ripped apart her family's triple-wide mobile home in Sanford, in Seminole County. Her mother Penny Hall, 21, her mother's fiance Kevin Taylor, 23, and her grandparents Edward and Debra Hall were all killed. Ashley was found wandering in a daze in some nearby woods...
Mike says his cafe is the sole surviving memento of Boston's days as a Jazz center in the 40's and 50's. Billie Holiday and Branford Marseilles have played here, and Wally's is known locally for its diversity and its low-key atmosphere. It's clearly a treasure of this modest intersection...
Harvard professors and Schoenhof employees say Schoenhof's is recognized by institutions all over the U.S. as perhaps the sole bookstore of its kind in the country...