Word: witness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps too dedicated to his medium, Kosmos does attempt some instrumental pieces, which sorely miss his lyrical wit and no-holds-barred delivery...
...hapless myopic accused of double murder. Laughton is Inspector Maigret, the portliest policeman since Orson in Touch of Evil, and Tone is Radek, his "Candide"-quoting psychopathic prey. From behind the camera (reportedly with some help from Laughton), Meredith delivers a lean, cerebral mystery with plenty of wit, and one that never pauses for clich?. One minor flaw: Meredith's landmark-spiked view of Paris, which is even credited with a 'role' in the film, is utterly bereft of French-speaking or even French-sounding people. (Or is that really a flaw...
...book marshals data to debunk both affirmative-action laws and the contention that persistent racism makes them necessary. Some of its points are compelling. To wit: Whose fault is it, and how much have we gained from preferences, when both poor blacks and blacks whose parents make $70,000 score behind poor whites on Scholastic Assessment Tests...
Toward the end of For Ever Mozart, a kid standing in line for the movie we have just seen hears the plot and says, "Let's go see Terminator 4." But Godard's films are worth seeing for his encyclopedic wit, the glamour of his imagery, the doggedness of a man who won't give up on modernism. His crabby films are, in truth, breathlessly romantic--because he keeps searching for first principles in the pettiest human affairs. Godard gazes at the intimate and finds the infinite...
...child and grandchild, Calment was riding her bicycle around town well into her 11th decade. She became the subject of considerable media attention two years ago around the time of her 120's birthday, releasing a "rap" record and charming reporters at a lavish birthday party with her sharp wit. ("A very short one," was her answer when asked what sort of future she expected.) Calment's death means that the heirs of Andre-Francois Raffray will finally get to move into the apartment that he bought more than 30 years ago. In 1966, Raffray agreed to pay the then...