Word: unctions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...piece has some eerily effective moments. The sponging of a condemned man's head makes electrocution seem a sacrament: baptism and extreme unction in a single dab. The healing scenes will evoke tears, some of them earned. And there's a lot of sharp acting, led by Hanks' pained restraint. The two villains are vigorously portrayed: a sadistic, craven guard (Doug Hutchison) and a strutting, rabid inmate (played with a daringly lunatic, dark-star quality by Sam Rockwell), whose crimes are even worse than we feared. At the core, though, one finds a slacky, sappy film. The human mystery that...
...added, "The Physics Department is Der Spiegel Biology, because it confuses excellence with things German in the same manner as people who buy Der Spiegel from Out of Town News, although admittedly with less unction...
...Harvard is merely a thinly Americanized version of what is called Sociology in Britain--"Channel 2" Sociology, one might say, since it confuses excellence with things British in the same manner that the television programmers of Channel 2's Sunday night fare routinely do, though, admittedly, with less unction...
...sons supported her decision, but some friends urged that she battle on. "They said, 'Go for it at all costs,' but I had seen my father, my mother and several friends go through this." She preferred to stay at home to die, and summoned her Episcopal priest to administer unction. Nolan hopes she will leave a message for those considering decisions like hers. "I wish people wouldn't be frightened about knowing what they're up against. To have a part in my treatment has been so important. I'm part of the team...