Word: unfolds
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Most elections do not unfold like Homeric epics; instead they tend to turn on just a handful of moments, four or five instances in which the voters' hunches are confirmed or shattered, normally without warning and sometimes without anyone's realizing it at the time. For Clinton and Dole last week may well prove to be one such moment. Over the course of six days, Clinton defended his fortress in the political center by making headline-grabbing announcements on welfare reform, on the right of states to disavow homosexual unions, and on affirmative action, just when Bob Dole had hoped...
...role as a "journalism reformer." Working with ex-CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite and other industry and government pooh-bahs, he set out to talk the networks into giving the candidates free airtime--anywhere from two to five minutes a night in prime time. "I would hope it could unfold as kind of a running debate, with Clinton responding to what Dole said last night and back again," he says. "The viewing public would know that for a few minutes a night, somewhere on the important channels on their television, they could get straight talk from one of the men seeking...
Galatis had watched that case unfold. "George knew what he was getting into," says Blanch. "He knew Northeast would come after him. He knew the NRC wouldn't protect him. And he did it anyway...
Unfortunately for Benton, sophomore guard Mike Scott had no intention of allowing such a scenario to unfold. Scott rejected Benton's jumper and sent the ball into the hands of freshman point guard Tim Hill. Hill raced down the floor and, after juking a hapless Vermont defender out of his shorts, layed the ball in with ease at the buzzer...
Constantly dictating the scenes in a passive-aggressive manner, Zahedi indeed resembles his Jewish counterpart as a control freak. The movie's few merits lie in Zahedi's documentary-like style, which exposes the dynamics of his relationships with his father and sibling. The method of allowing events to unfold carries potential for rendering a great film, but doesn't suit the nervous, controlling filmmaker. This ill-suited union only succeeds in begetting a drawn-out series of irritating, contrived and poorly shot scenes of a man exhibiting his warts...