Word: sudden
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Interspersed between the occasional defecation and perverted spying of a man taking a bath, My Favorite Martian lacks cohesiveness. Such a shortcoming can be seen in O'Hara's sudden deep sense of friendship with Uncle Martin. After one conversation with Martin in the bathroom about O'Hara's non-existent love life, they become best of friends and O'Hara no longer wants to gain fame by broadcasting his Martian footage. This contrived sense of friendship is highlighted by Daniels's poor performance in making the scene come alive and injecting emotional reality into his character. In another instance...
...against a dusty bureau. Chaudhuri's novels are more intimate and optimistic than Carver's tales of people mired in middle age depression. They focus on the unexceptional-impressions of people's lives rather than plot-driven Hollywood cliffhangers with dazzling denouements. There may be an occasional epiphany, a sudden realization about particular relationships between characters, but the "aha" factor is minute and quite understated. The arc of the three novels is practically flat, with no particular direction or resolution in mind. What Chaudhuri is more interested in is relishing every moment of a typical day, the sights, sounds...
...look happy. The masses that arrived to hear the pop-driven sounds of the overplayed radio hit "Inside Out" would not be hearing any Top 40 rock that night. Headliner Eve6 was flaking, apologetically citing the illness of lead singer and bassist Max Collins as their reason for the sudden cancellation. But the show must go on, especially when Nick Carter and the WBCN crew are broadcasting the concert live. So Marvelous3 was bumped up to the headliner and lived up to the title and much more in a truly incredible live show experience...
Causing this sudden rush of anxiety is the all-too-imminent deadline for summer research travel grants at the Office of Career Services (OCS). In order to make our lives easier, OCS, in conjunction with several of the more popular Harvard grant-giving organizations, has created a common application to save us the time of applying to individual programs. Common application programs include the Fairbanks Center for East Asian Studies, the Harvard Institute for International Development and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs...
...Dylan kept me company on the stereo, and I was enjoying rolling up the mountain at 65 miles per hour when all of a sudden I heard a horrible grating noise. At first I thought it was just Bob Dylan's voice, but then the car began to rattle and shake (more than it usually does), and although I wasn't applying any pressure to the brakes yet, I was definitely slowing down...