Word: whirlwind
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...complacency.Hence my love for the Fung Wah Bus. And, I think, hence my countless classmates who have four- or five-line descriptions of their summer location on their facebook.com profiles, listing in excruciating detail the exact dates they will be in Bermuda, New York, Cairo, Madrid, and Venice. Their whirlwind tours and my own (New York-Cambridge-London-Paris-Grenoble) reflect more than just the tremendous opportunities available to Harvard students (the first two legs of my European trip have been generously funded by College research grants). They reflect a realization that the summer months are liberating because they allow...
Your last movie, Jersey Girl, starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, flopped. Did it suffer from the Bennifer whirlwind? To a degree. No matter how much we tried, the marketing seemed to say, "Remember the movie [Gigli] with those two people you can't stand anymore that came out a few months ago? Here's even more...
...outgoing president’s final days have included a whirlwind of visible media appearances, including interviews with ABC News’ “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” NPR’s “Morning Edition,” and PBS’ “Charlie Rose”—his first interview with Rose in five years...
...second marriages is about 15% higher than in first ones, and matches between old lovers and friends aren't immune. A lonely man in Taos, N.M., in his late 40s jumped into a relationship with a former classmate he saw at a high school reunion in Dallas. After a whirlwind courtship, they married, and she moved in with him in Taos. But they quickly encountered difficulties, primarily over money. Within six months, the marriage was kaput. "People change," says Schwartz. "Experiences change them, and they wind up with emotional baggage and history. In the glow of a renewed love...
...case with nearly equal force: when Ritai instructs his men to sell some of the confiscated antelope pelts to pay his group’s medical bills, we empathize with the desperation that drives men to compromise their values. “Kekexili” evokes such a whirlwind of feelings, it’s difficult to tell where anyone’s loyalties lie at the end. Chuan Lu paints this gut-wrenching ambiguity in swaths across the entirety of his film, driving it home like a stake through the heart. Pity is perhaps the most lasting emotion...