Word: wildness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doubles draw was a wild one from the get-goand the Harvard team of Blake and Majmudar playedtheir part...
...Lane, reading signs is common sense. Thicker than normal fur on wild animals is a dead giveaway that cold weather is coming. Rings around the moon mean rain or snow is on the way soon. "Nature has a way of taking care of her own," says Lane. "If you pay attention, then you know what you need...
...mighty Amazon river itself is seldom referred to or shown. Portrayed in popular culture as a romantic mystery of steaming jungles, wild native peoples and unpredictable currents, the Amazon river shown here looks calm and serene in the mid-morning sunlight...
Boldly appropriating both the format of Citizen Kane (inquiring reporter seeks the secrets of a pop star) and the legends of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Brian Eno and Roxy Music, Haynes fashions a fresco of seductive grotesques--notably the Iggy-esque Curt Wild, whom Ewan McGregor inhabits as a writhing punk- sprite. The Bowie-ish star, Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), is consumed by success, whereas the real Bowie always looked in control of his eminence. But, hey, you go to a musical for the numbers, which are brilliantly conceived and played. Does the milieu seem starched, grandiose, fake...
...your kids fool around with jimsonweed. Also known as locoweed, it grows wild, makes you high--and can be toxic. Kids who have eaten its seeds--including five last week in New Jersey--have become critically ill with hallucinations and seizures...