Word: upone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...horizon. After losing two guitarists, a drummer and a record label in the past two years, there truly is nothing left for the Foos to lose. The changes seem to have done Grohl some good. The Foo Fighters are finally shaking free of whatever expectations their pasts have heaped upon them and just concentrating on making beautiful and devastatingly catchy music they can finally call their...
...deal with the material, since the premise isn't original. The storyline, in which Chris O'Donnell inherits a lot of money on condition that he get married within 24 hours, is a remake of a 1925 Buster Keaton silent gem called Seven Chances. The put-upon bachelor first botches things with his steady girlfriend, then must propose to everyone he knows until a newspaper story phoned in by his friend brings a stampede of bridegowned fortune-seekers chasing him through town...
...think that a good deal of "The X-Files" attraction can be attributed to the show's avante garde flair. It's got the same kind of cheesy camp as "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," evidenced by the weekly tagline, "The Truth is Out There," and the clever play upon every alien and government conspiracy cliche on the books. The characters are unique and quirky, the wit is dry, and the double entendre is in constant employment. Also, all of the components of traditional action thrillers are present; gunfights, international intrigue, colorful bad guys, and massive quantities of sexual tension...
...Upon arrival, various Middle East employees directed me, apprehensively, out back to the white van in which Willis sat by himself, his girth filling much of the passenger's side. He took off his headphones and chastised an imagined "motherf----er" in the back of the van before punching himself in the head and immediately apologizing to me for doing so. A brief conversation ensued. He sold me a CD, "Dr. Wax." Willis then grabbed the back of my head and instructed me to say "Rah!," which I did, and then he head-butted me right on the enormous callus...
...church's stewardship committee called upon Harvard alumni and the 350 members of the congregation to raise over $1 million, which helped to fund renovations for both the shelter and the church...