Word: unfolds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gained an international crowd is its ability to transcend cultural and linguistic barriers. For example, the vast majority of anime characters don't look very Japanese. Often, the names of the main characters are distinctly Japanese but their physical features are distinctly Caucasian. Or, an anime plot can unfold in a non-Japanese country but with Japanese protagonists. This more easily allows a broader, non-Japanese audience to appreciate and identify with anime characters and stories. Ironically, the anime that winds up being marketed overseas may not necessarily be the most popular in Japan...
...fact, some of the most ardent critics of intermingling American and National League teams before the World Series--myself included--will find themselves marching down to the ballpark to watch the absurdity unfold...
Hall plays amusing and intriguing games with language and imagery, which unfold slowly as the reader progresses. These mysteries and the moments of gem-like color in the imaginary sequences are often what makes the reading worthwhile...
...moviemakers therefore create a character named Mann (Ving Rhames), who drifts into town on horseback just as the tragedy is beginning to unfold. In essence, he's the mysterious stranger of a thousand westerns, eager to avoid conflict but miraculously adept at the killing arts when he is finally obliged to employ them. Ultimately he and John Wright (Jon Voight), the white storekeeper in the town and a reality-based character, make common, inspiring cause to rescue Rosewood's surviving women and children from the swamp where they have taken refuge from the blood-crazed posse searching for them. There...
There is beauty in simplicity, and Smith's photographs are proof of this. Large open spaces unfold in front of our eyes. A figure stands before us, often looking straight at us with penetrating eyes, sometimes contemplatively looking off into the distance. The whole composition is balanced with nothing to distract the viewer...