Word: twister
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Besides, if his Koln Concert is any evidence, Jarrett finds meaning and authenticity only in a surfeit of emotion and moodiness. The album, a recording of one of his improvisational concerts, is a real soul-twister, one part tear-jerker, one part elevator fodder, and one part art. Jarrett oozes presence on the album, as he grunts along with the music over and over and over again...
...single-movie industry, is to belittle its power. Unlike the many hyped-up media gimmicks that have followed it, this movie never asked anyone to fall in love with it, as dozens of movies and a thousand other products ask of us every day ("Jurassic Park," "Twister", "Jerry Maguire," even "Trainspotting"--not to mention Nike, Coca-Cola, Must...
...defense industry--the fabled Valley has become a pot of gold. Software companies alone are adding 50,000 jobs a year at salaries that set a nation-high average of about $70,000. A torrid area: computer artists and animators for Hollywood films along the lines of Twister and Toy Story; they can easily earn $80,000 or more a year. Also topping the most-wanted lists are programmers skilled in cutting-edge languages like Java, who can command $70,000 a year to start...
...question is, How quickly will Hollywood release movie titles for this costly and unproved platform? About 100 DVD titles--including, ominously, zero from home-video-titan Disney--should come out this year (a few highlights: Raging Bull, Twister, Legends of the Fall and Tony Bennett's mtv Unplugged), which is a lot fewer than this new medium needs in the long run but more support than the infant CD industry got in its rookie year, 1983, when Sony moved a mere 35,000 players. "We think DVD will ramp up more quickly," says Briesch, who predicts 10 million players sold...
...DOLE There's no place like home, but he'll lose his in Russell, Kansas, to a giant twister. --Shawn Robbins...