Word: wildness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Larry Andersen replaced Bolton with the basesloaded and uncorked a wild pitch on an 0-2 countto Fisk, enabling Guillen to score. But withrunners at first, Fisk struck out and Thomas fliedout
Only the most naive booster would argue that the bioengineering of farm animals and plants poses no risks. With plants, for instance, there is always the possibility that new traits could be accidentally transferred to wild relatives of domestic species. Theoretically, experiments with genes that confer resistance to disease or herbicides could create hardier weeds. Food safety is another legitimate concern. Products from genetically altered crops and livestock will require rigorous testing to ensure that they are harmless...
Suddenly, like a high-cult Larry Hagman, Lynch was everywhere. The director whose pre-1990 oeuvre comprised just four features -- eight hours of public film -- will have more than matched that total this year. Two two-hour and three one-hour episodes of Twin Peaks. The rambunctious road movie Wild at Heart, winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and now in theatrical release. Four TV commercials for Obsession perfume. A 50-minute video, Industrial Symphony No. 1, featuring a dwarf, prom teens, a floating topless lady, a skinned deer and ethereal warbler Julee Cruise singing...
...Wild at Heart, which sends a pair of loser lovers (Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern) on a trip into the dark night of the Southern Gothic soul, is a tonic for the senses and an assault on the sensibilities. Heads splatter, skulls explode, biker punks torture folks for the sheer heck of it, and a pair of loopy innocents find excitement in a side trip to hell. Pretty much like Blue Velvet. Yes, it's different, but the same kind of different; Lynch could no longer shock by being shocking. Many critics figured they had solved the mystery...
...company. The nattily dressed Wise wasted no time in transforming Mile High's small-town image. He launched an ambitious expansion drive, unveiled plans for a glass-and-steel headquarters downtown, and renamed the company Silverado, evoking the dreams of prospectors in the days of the Wild West. Silverado was only the 26th largest S&L in the state, with total assets of $56 million and five offices, but it was ready to go places. Propelled by the oil shock of 1979, petroleum prices were rocketing upward and providing fuel for a ferocious building boom...