Word: sudden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Spielberg's masterstrokes is the manner in which he depicts Schindler's conversion from apolitical bon vivant to moral hero. The transformation does not occur with a sudden flash of light from the heavens; instead, it develops slowly and credibly as Schindler becomes increasingly aware of the Nazis's deeds...
Serious connoisseurs of the surrealistically kitschy visit Graceland Wedding Chapel, where Norm Jones, the Elvis impersonator in residence, is both pleased and bewildered by the sudden popularity of the wedding ceremonies he performs for $250. Heavy-metal star Jon Bon Jovi got married there in 1989; Phil Joanou, director of the U2's concert film Rattle and Hum, was not only married at the Graceland Chapel but played a tape of his wedding onstage every night of the band's last American tour. In December 1992 three members of Def Leppard showed up at the door, one to get married...
...blue-gray bungalow on a lamppost-lined street in an unremarkable American neighborhood, squirms a man of sudden celebrity, Michael Crichton. The year just done was "pretty amazing," he says. The reason is that one book of his, Jurassic Park, became the biggest hit in movie history, and another, Rising Sun, was no slouch, and together they vaulted old writings even he had dismissed back onto bookshop shelves, where they became the stuff of authors' dreams: they were bought, not remaindered. There are 100 million copies of Crichton's books now in print...
...Such a sudden change in a class only traps students who find themselves unprepared to do the work. In addition, grading a class more harshly or dumping more work on students does not translate into a more rigorous course, much less a better...
...blow up when they turn on the ignition. They also talk on the phone quite a bit, usually in darkly lighted rooms, to callers who are not entirely forthcoming in their messages. From time to time, they are chased by nameless people who are boringly expert at dealing out sudden death...