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...role was a captive or a pinup, wounded faun (Forrest Gump) or ditsy wife (True Lies). For its Best Actress prize, the New York Film Critics had to go to a TV movie (The Last Seduction's Linda Fiorentino). Affirmative action is demode these days, but Hollywood needs some spur to bring women into full partnership with the Toms and Arnolds and Simbas...
Vogue for orphanages, poorhouses may spur interest in his work...
Leaders of the 18 nations of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, including President Clinton, met in Indonesia and agreed to work to create a gigantic free-trade zone by 2020. The accord, without any specific details, aims to spur growth in the region, which already accounts for half the world economy...
Interactive media will spur many of what we now call "couch potatoes" into becoming active members of society, as consumers and as citizens. I'd be willing to bet that the number of people interested in the outcome of today's elections far outweighs the number of people who will actually vote...
...flaw in many a Greek hero, but it is life's blood to theater people. What else gives them the courage to put epic dreams on a bare stage, to evoke ancient empires with only words and a few props? Arrogance is the mother of theatrical invention, and the spur to Douglas C. Wager's new production of Derek Walcott's The Odyssey at the Arena Stage in Washington...