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...respect to the uniform excellence of the cast, but also to provide what are essentially the storylines of the film, since almost every scene unfolds as an extrapolation of character. Whereas previously, in Boogie Nights and the carefully-studied noir Hard Eight, Anderson relied upon plot twists and unforeseen complications to examine an unfamiliar socio-moral universe, Magnolia's characters are not gamblers or pornographers; they live in _our_ universe and don't require the same roughing up to be understood. It's obvious from the start that all of these individuals are in pain, and that in order...

Author: By Rajesh Kottamasu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Magnolia: Petal to the Mettle: P.T. Anderson's circus of dysfunction is worthy of P.T. Barnum | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

This is because new accounting processes are not expected to produce unforeseen windfalls such as the ones that inflated the council's budget this year, council members have said. In addition, every year fewer students decide not to pay their term bill...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Doles Out Student Group Funding | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...deal. Hugh maintains, and at least one other lawyer confirms, that he and his law partner Gary Fine were invited into the original Castano class action by a Pennsylvania lawyer who was an old friend--and they paid a $100,000 admission fee for the privilege. "It was totally unforeseen, when we joined...that there would be any connection with politics," Hugh said in written responses to TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Hillary's Brothers Driving Off Course? | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...reason to hold on to it because there?s no threat of inflation in the foreseeable future. It?s not an attractive investment because it offers no return, and the supply has grown despite falling demand, driving the price even lower." The best hope for the miners is an unforeseen catastrophe. "Right now it would take a major shock in the global economy and political system ?- such as a world war or the total collapse of a key economy ?- to give the gold price a bounce." Perhaps Russia could organize something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Gold Miners Are Getting the Shaft | 7/7/1999 | See Source »

...unforeseen bonus led Dr. Hunter Wessells, a University of Arizona urologist, to join the Melanotan team and help design tests of two groups of sexually dysfunctional men. Most of them also achieved erections after injections of the drug, including one man who had had no luck with Viagra. With Melanotan, he exulted, "the first time was absolutely incredible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tanning Bonus | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

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