Word: whirlwinding
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...less than a week, most of the student body will be let loose on the world in a desperate nine day attempt to flee Harvard. Some people will be drunk beyond belief in some tropical paradise. Some will be jetting through Europe on a whirlwind trip. Some will be fighting for the remote at home. Some will be puttering around the dorms, finishing up thesis work of enjoying having the common room all to themselves. But regardless of where we go or what we do, we all share one intention: to seek some solace from the stress that invades...
Pellegrini's best known class is English 197, Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Studies, a whirlwind journey through the heart of the construction of gay and lesbian identity, where students learn to love Foucault and disdain any manifestation of bourgeois morality...
...objects, most of which are un-labeled, in an a-historical, a-national, a thematic and entirely aesthetic arrangement in the hope that they would ignite creativity and imagination. Her success becomes evident immediately upon walking into the museum when you are greeted by an almost cataclysmic whirlwind of colors, styles and textures that is paradoxically accompanied by a sense of serenity; it is as if you yourself are a another piece-albeit not as good looking-absorbed into this vast and dynamic collection...
...Valentine's Day, even the most frigid hearts of men and women turn to fancy when affairs of love and crass commercialism embrace in whirlwind of red and pink, of flowers and diamonds, of greeting cards and candy hearts. It is a time when soul mates rejoice and starcrossed lovers lament. On such a day, what do lovers do? Enjoy a quiet evening by the fireplace? Take a ride in a horsedrawn carriage? Dine in a five-star restaurant...
...director deals with one aspect of the multiple mini-plots very well. The issue of introducing each character's name and personality presents a promising opening to the film. Carroll throws the personas at the audience in a whirlwind of brief conversations and interactions for each character clinched with their written name appearing on the screen. It is obvious that the director understood the confusion that could result from a menagerie of seemingly unrelated stories and effectively compensates with the introduction. Unfortunately, this only keeps the knotted plot untangled momentarily, as you quickly become mired in the intrinsic flaws associated...