Word: soured
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Woods portrays the Lord of the Underworld as a sour, conniving Hollywood agent. He works every meeting, with gods, mortals or demons, as if it's a bored crowd in a Vegas lounge ("So is this an audience or a mosaic?" he asks after a gag bombs). Even his compliments have the bite of insults: "You look like the Fate worse than death," he purrs to one of three haggish wraiths. And when he blows his smoldering top, it's like Krakatau in orgasm. In character, design and performance, Hades...
Despite its acclaim, Enter the Wu-Tang was a rather sour and murky album; Wu-Tang Forever is leaner, more tuneful and more positive--the first song, Wu-Revolution, challenges listeners to strive for success. Says Wu-Tang member RZA: "The way we looked at it is, we came from hell, and we're on the way to heaven--and you're hearing that transformation." Also, gangsta attitude isn't the only thing that sells: the recent chart success of such Christian acts as God's Property and Bob Carlisle demonstrates that religiously oriented inspirational pop has a market...
What began as an innocent evening at home on Jan. 23 turned sour when, after visiting his parent's residence on Beacon Street in Boston, Gardiner--son of William T. Gardiner '14, an ex-governor of Maine--failed to return to his room...
...Jodie Foster's brother earn the nickname Buddy? In his book Foster Child, Buddy Foster explores Jodie's sex life, their mother's affair with a woman and many family secrets. Last week the actress called her brother "a distant acquaintance motivated solely by greed and sour grapes." He's no Buddy...
...month that was 8.5% lower than B.H.C.A.G. had anticipated. But these estimates are basically guesses. If they are wrong, the companies as self-insurers will pay the difference between actual costs and premium revenues out of their own pockets. That will not bankrupt Pillsbury or Honeywell, but it might sour them on the idea...