Word: wander
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...really think “Good Will Hunting” is an art film, please stop reading and throw yourself off the Mass Ave. Bridge immediately. Actually, don’t do that, I might get sued. Just sniff dry-erase board markers for three hours straight and then wander into the Faculty Club—naked.Nonetheless, the category they created—which I would define as the big-budget pseudo-indie posing as art—is a better version of Hollywood. Occasionally oppositional, consistently satisfying, and always well put-together, Miramax’s marquee Oscar-bait...
...they drove, he was stripped of his backpack, pens and belt, and was blindfolded, hooded and thrown into the back of another car. "There was a bad 10 minutes in there where I'm thinking, 'You are really an idiot,'" he says. "'You're like Mr. Magoo. You just wander over to the Middle East and, literally, within the first 20 minutes get kidnapped and beheaded. World record...
...rivalry between the President and Prime Minister, on the one hand, who are holed up in the small town of Jowhar, and several warlords, some of whom are also cabinet ministers, based in Mogadishu. With no way of controlling his own ministers, let alone the bandits who wander Somalia's plains or the pirates that ply her seas, Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi has asked for help to stop the piracy and monitor the country's coastline. "We cannot handle this issue as we have no marine forces," says a spokesman for the Prime Minister...
...avoid appearing stiff, don't just stand on the podium glued to your laptop. Use a digital remote with a built-in laser pointer instead so you can click through and highlight your slides as you wander the stage or out into the audience, Oprah-style. Kensington's wireless PocketPresenter ($50) is a slick option that fits in your palm and works with both Macs and PCs within a 50-ft. range...
...Many animals are known to signal their ambitious tendencies almost from birth. Even before wolf pups are weaned, they begin sorting themselves out into alphas and all the others. The alphas are quicker, more curious, greedier for space, milk, Mom--and they stay that way for life. Alpha wolves wander widely, breed annually and may live to a geriatric 10 or 11 years old. Lower-ranking wolves enjoy none of these benefits--staying close to home, breeding rarely and usually dying before they...