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Quite a bit. We seek a platform upon which to espouse our views, not just a playhouse of entertainment. The one-hour Reality Chat sessions with GOP leaders only whet the appetites of the nation's future political leaders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Republican National Convention '96 | 8/13/1996 | See Source »

...camera work is especially disappointing. With the full expanse of the heather-clad highlands to exploit, Caton-Jones focuses over and over again on hackneyed panorama shots and unconvincing, Hollywood-esque interiors. The few inspired angles on gray sky and barren hillsides only whet the viewer's appetite. Again, directorial detail work is evidenced in the all-too-fake sets of bad teeth and in the caked-on facial dirt (Make-up #57): "Psst! This is the eighteenth century...

Author: By Natasha Wimmer, | Title: Neeson's Highlands Fall Romantically Flat | 4/20/1995 | See Source »

Although a string of black rectangles doesn't necessarily whet the artistic appetite, Cohn's system abtic exploration of different uses of black gives a decidedly fresh perspective on its immense cultural significance...

Author: By Edith Replogle, | Title: Basic Black Art en Vogue at the Fogg | 10/6/1994 | See Source »

Sonfields': Flat bread with assorted cheeses named after quaint little villages in Europe, red grapes, and a pureed broccoli soup with a touch of apple (quite light, to whet the appetite...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Turbulence and Allegies | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

...stir was triggered by 2,000 advance copies of the first 123 pages of McGinniss's book, which Simon & Schuster had been distributing to whet booksellers' interest. They contained a statement about McGinniss's extensive research, adding, "Some thoughts and dialogue attributed to figures in this narrative were created by the author, based on such research and his knowledge of the relevant people, places and events." When questioned, McGinniss admits that his subject granted him no interviews for the book; he also allows that he regularly inferred in his narrative what Kennedy might have been thinking. "I absolutely did that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biography Or Soap Opera? | 7/12/1993 | See Source »

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