Word: taylorism
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...semblance of the splendor within his music. The film lacks emotional attachment on any level and fails in every way as a meaningful addition to his life and legacy. With a mix of deceitful, manipulative Hollywood story telling techniques masquerading as artistic strokes and tacky, unfocused, pop-filmmaking, director Taylor Hackford, manages to turn an amazing story of sheer will triumphing over adversity into a two-and-a-half hour mess that will damage Charles’ memory, even with Jamie Foxx’s almost perfect portrayal of Ray Charles...
Writer-director Alexander Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor seemed on a winning streak with Election and About Schmidt: both were inventive and quirky, two qualities their newest collaboration, Sideways, unfortunately lacks. The film follows Miles (Paul Giamatti), a burned-out teacher and struggling novelist, and his best friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church) on a road trip through California’s wine country organized to make the most of Jack’s last days of bachelorhood. The trip in Miles’ mind is about tasting great wines and in Jack’s is about getting laid...
...victory was Harvard’s eighth in nine games. The Crimson has now won four straight...Bernakevitch returned to the lineup after missing three games with an inner-thigh contusion sustained on Nov. 26 against St. Lawrence. He skated on the first line with Cavanagh and freshman Mike Taylor...Harvard was 0-for-6 on the power play, dropping its conversion rate to 23.1 percent, fourth-best in the country...
...against both the Dutchmen and Rensselaer, freshman Alex Meintel skated in Bernakevitch’s stead on the first line, and rookie Mike Taylor, among others, filled in on the power play’s first unit...
...defensive, swarming around Alford’s net. With two minutes to play in the frame, sophomore forward Ryan Maki battled his way to a pair of rebounds in front for point-blank efforts, followed a minute later by a wrister from just outside the crease by freshman Mike Taylor. In all three instances, though, Alford was up to the task—he finished with 13 saves—allowing RPI to remain within striking distance...