Word: solider
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Have It, than with his two later, more overtly political works. This, taken with the film's use of Hollywood cliches and Lee's self proclaimed radicalism, is what gives Mo' Better Blues the self-indugent hypocritical air I spoke of eariler. Yet despite the uneveness of the script, solid performances (especially Washington's), lush visuals, a sensuous music score and Lee's subtle wit, easily elavate Mo' Better Blues into the class of strong, if not great, films. Lee's standards are very hard to live up to, even by the controversial filmmaker himself...
Last but hardly least, there was Thurman Munson. A great leader, a solid block of granite behind the plate, and noted for his bad attitude and handlebar mustache, Munson was killed in 1979 when his plane crashed. I can remember no moment in my life as sad as when I heard the news of his death. I was shocked, dumbfounded and crushed, unwilling to believe that such a person was mortal...
McCartney's latest release, Flowers in the Dirt, was modestly successful, and produced one Top-10 hit, "My Brave Face," and the little-known but solid "We Got Married." But strangely enough, the first Paul McCartney world tour since 1976 began almost a year after the album's release. McCartney obviously wasn't counting on the strength of his recent work to draw his overwhelmingly middle-aged crowd...
...scared away from Prozac, since it has proved safe and effective for many people. But some doctors fear that Prozac has been overprescribed. In the initial excitement after its introduction, the drug was given to patients to help them lose weight and stop smoking, despite a lack of solid evidence that it is effective for those purposes. The experience with Prozac underscores the truth about drugs in general: they all carry risks and should be used with care and restraint...
...cartel profits remain solid, and Colombia is still the undisputed axis of cocaine trafficking. "It's an extraordinarily exhausting and frustrating fight," says a Western diplomat in Bogota, "and it's nowhere near being over." The stalemate raises questions about the government's inability to defeat the bad guys...