Word: spoiling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...like the idea a lot because I didn't want to spoil Commencement," Romero said. "It's a visible sign to Powell and it's still festive...
From the wistful ballad Fields of Gold to the insouciant rocker She's Too Good for Me, the lyrics wring pathos and irony from the misfortunes of unlucky lovers. Yet Sting's manners are too refined to let the suffering spoil the lush settings; the shackles in this emotional dungeon are lined with velvet. In Seven Days, pizzicato strings thrum a decorous, mocking waltz as a man muses over various ways to deal with a romantic rival. In the darkly cynical Love Is Stronger than Justice, a man kills his brothers to avoid sharing the affections of a beautiful senorita...
First, Clinton worried that television footage of drowning Haitians would stain the evening news images of his carefully orchestrated inauguration. Having demonstrated his mastery at mass-media manipulation during the campaign. Clinton wasn't about to let something as small as a campaign promise spoil...
...director, screenplay and editing), which promises that the film's domestic gross, a robust $16 million so far, could double or better. But the Miramaxers were spooked. They had helped make Davidson's identity the best-kept open secret in recent movie history. Would the ingenue's Oscar bid spoil their hiding game...
Final warning: we're about to reveal a secret of The Crying Game, and we don't want to spoil the pleasure of the uninitiated. So you who have not seen this film, turn the page, or tear it out and save it to consult later. Any cheating will be punished. No kidding. We have ways...