Word: split-second
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...least for the moment. And perhaps that's not as ridiculous as it sounds: It's possible to imagine the RNC advertising staff watching Castellanos's ad with a distracted eye, and missing the reference altogether. (Of course, that line of reasoning makes it difficult to explain how the split-second flash was visible to a Seattle television viewer; the registered Democrat called the Gore campaign to register surprise over the ad's content...
...which his supposed visual prowess is on display full-force. Taking a page from the James Cameron playbook, Scott meticulously recreates the world of ancient Rome, capturing the most minute details from the bustling streets to the massive Coliseum. And the numerous gladiator battles are quite spectacular, capturing the split-second barbarity through a combination of the realist "skip-frame" technique from Saving Private Ryan and the furious, in-your-face editing style Oliver Stone employed in Any Given Sunday...
...police, defense lawyers will claim, thought they were about to be shot, and took the only course of action available to them within the split-second time frame. With this in mind, prosecutors will scrutinize prospective jurors for signs of sympathy with the police - or even for a general lack of skepticism toward law enforcement methodology. "This case will be very carefully watched," says TIME columnist Jack White. "What's really on trial here is this: What is the duty of police officers in minority neighborhoods? To protect the population or to police them...
Harvard may have won the relay by only a split-second, but the victory had a tidal wave effect...
...things in most horror movies are outlandish and laughable. Scream makes a virtue of this, winking at every silly cliche of the genre. But Blair Witch invests ordinary things--piles of rocks, bundles of twigs--with horrifying meaning. Since similar objects appear in many shots, there's often a split-second when we're reminded of the unseen menace. And we can't laugh off our fears, so the tension doesn't dissipate...