Word: stingingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Vidal's views on this country are unfortunately symptomatic of the times and snap with the sting of a rejected...
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...slowly but steadily finding a place on the dinner table. The toothsome steaks still are often sold to the unsuspecting under such fishy pseudonyms as "steakfish," "grayfish" and "whitefish"; the idea of dining on shark has traditionally been about as attractive to many Americans as eating fried tarantula or sting ray in aspic. But enterprising fish dealers and restaurateurs have found that they can overcome this revulsion by getting people to put shark to the taste test...
Everything in Special Section is based on recent history. The events bear both the sting and the awkward com edy of truth. But unlike Z, a previous Semprun - Costa-Gavras collaboration based on the 1963 assassination of Gregorios Lambrakis, a Greek politician, Special Section lacks the narrative drive that can make a good melodrama with political meaning. Instead, the film is a puppet show of moral indignation...
...Killer Instinct" works because it is a highly personal account of what a few years of losing did to Cousy. This isn't Joe Willie or Clyde or Derek talking about the glamorous life. Cousy earned $100,000 a year as coach, but that didn't take away the sting of defeat. His fierce desire to win being thwarted unhinged him spiritually and drained him emotionally...