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...movie isn?t much, but Kelley nicely conveys a doomed man?s look and walk, as if he?s wearing invisible shackles. His voiceover has the voluptuous tone of a bad dream, or bad pulp writing: ?It seemed as if my brain was handcuffed... My stomach was riding a roller coaster... I was scared sick.? The film stretches its minuscule budget with effects like showing murder in Vince?s eyes - literally: the camera closes in, Kelley?s eye sockets turn black and we see the nightmare killing in them. Writer-director Shane would remake this film in 1956 as ?Nightmare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Fear Noir | 12/16/2003 | See Source »

When asked whether he likes performing, Jackiw answered enthusiastically “Yes, I love performing, especially in Boston! People always ask me if I get nervous, and yes I do get butterflies in my stomach, but that just helps me perform even better.” Instead of “clamming up,” Jackiw uses his nervousness to sharpen his awareness and uses it to give even more expression to his playing...

Author: By Yan Zhao, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Globetrotting Violin Prodigy Takes Time out for Harvard | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

...marzipan is usually a dull off-white, but delightfully light. Buy a $5 box and grab a coffee from one of the caf?s near Plaza Zocodover, then board the Tren Imperial (a toy train on wheels) for a scenic ride around the city. It's a feast for the stomach, the eyes and the soul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweet treats in the heart of Spain | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...brightest—located, unsurprisingly, in the den of subtle superiority/inferiority complexes that is Adams House—was Carver Wednesdays. For months this semester, Dartboard looked forward to sneaking into the Porcellian of dining halls in the middle of each week, filling both his stomach and his heart with the help of a certain kindly HUDS employee. Stationed at a table with a heat lamp, a large knife and some form of roast meat, Dartboard’s tireless provider would grin warmly as he heaped beef or chicken onto a ready plate. Dartboard has only the best things...

Author: By The Editors, | Title: Dartboard | 12/5/2003 | See Source »

...bloodstream, lays eggs in the liver and bladder, wriggles into the brain or embeds itself in the spine. Renal failure and paralysis may follow; death is painful and untimely. That is the grim fate awaiting Xinmin villager Wang Zengkun. The 45-year-old rice farmer first experienced the stomach cramps and bloody diarrhea that signal schistosomiasis three years ago. For a while, Wang fought the disease by spending his life savings, some $4,830, on medication and operations that removed calcified egg deposits and polyps from his body. But earlier this year, when doctors told Wang that he needed more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unhappy Returns | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

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