Word: succeeded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deserves every ounce of success he has awaiting him. However, at times, this end is wished for so much that we forget to confer patience upon this artist who is diligently working towards finding his own identity. But stumble or fall, I don't doubt that Harper will eventually succeed...
...ruling urban legends: the "true" and "inspiring" story of a passionate teacher and the rowdy inner-city kids who succumb to the pedagogue's tough love and succeed despite overwhelming odds. In this case, they are a Harlem violin ensemble achieving a Carnegie Hall concert that saves their program from budget cuts. What saves this movie from hopeless sentimentality is Meryl Streep's subtle performance as the teacher, hinting at all kinds of neuroses sublimated in her gnarly relations with the kids...
...disappointed. You can hear the veins popping out on Grohl's neck in "Breakout" while "Next Year" floats along with the same sweetness the Foos' softer moments have always pulled off with a child-like sincerity. However, on There is Nothing Left to Lose, Grohl and company succeed in filling in the chasm between the two wildly separate styles they had previously mined for hits...
...Pace is the film's largest failing; though a deliberate pace helped the first half succeed very admirably, it fails when the tensions are rising by not building to a climax. Mann's film slackens and almost sputters...
...perpetrators, by and large, are not hackers snatching credit-card numbers out of cyberspace. Typically, they tend to be the same old Dumpster divers and mail thieves they've always been, stealing card numbers off receipts and bills and then trying to pass as the cardholder. And if they succeed, who gets hurt? Not consumers. Federal law limits their liability to $50, and many card issuers don't even collect that. It's the merchants who take the hit - standard bank practice when the cards are not present at the point of sale (when they are present, the loss...