Word: spectacularity
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...annoyed. Earlier this year, feminist Donna Minkowitz argued in the Nation magazine that "["Enterprise"] is the first Star Trek really interested in punishing women." That's an exaggeration, but Trek does seem to be returning to the gender roles of the original series, in which Kirk was a spectacular cad. While the new captain, Jonathan Archer, doesn't canoodle much, he's like Kirk in another way. In 2000 conservative writer John Podhoretz noted in the Weekly Standard that while the original series "promoted an idealistic vision of the U.S. as an exporter of democracy," fluffy '90s Treks were "consumed...
...Vietnam's highlands are renowned for their spectacular scenery, waterfalls and rich hill-tribe culture. But there's another ubiquitous sight along the north's twisting mountain roads: the smoke-belching, gear-grinding, Eastern bloc motorcycle throwback that Vietnamese call con trau gia (the old buffalo). First imported from the Soviet Union in the 1960s, the Minsk's two-stroke engine and body have hardly changed over the years. Northern Vietnam has undeniably become Minsk country, and the old buffalo are used for everything, from personal transportation to hauling pigs, cows and chickens to hill-tribe markets...
...Hero was made in this spirit of unashamed compromise. But it is, at least, a spectacular compromise?proof once again that Zhang is China's leading cinematic visionary, even when he's been reduced to just one pinky...
...really beautiful, with a spectacular view,” she said. “It really adds something...
...third, and probably most spectacular, goal of the night came on a breakaway from sophomore Kat Sweet. After a perfectly timed-pass across the ice from Catlin, Sweet left all defenders behind her and shot the puck stickside just past the outstretched Gunn...