Word: worded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question of faith vs. works, which split Europe during the Reformation. In August the group will turn to thorny matters of church authority and such moral issues as birth control and divorce. But it has become obvious that such discussions are now largely academic. The problem, in a word: women...
...butterfly effect," the chaos theory that a hurricane in the Caribbean may be caused by an unknown butterfly flapping its , wings six months earlier somewhere in Brazil, and that, by analogy, there are no hidden imams because it's all too complicated to figure out. They listen for reliable word of when the market's going to turn (this is what people really want from newsletters, says an editor, the chance to pat a neighbor on the back and say, "I got out, you poor slob"). They listen for the sound of butterfly wings flapping...
...Harvard's word, and how far it goes," he said...
...Well," I replied, "like, I had to comp, and..." (Note the significant error in judgement here: never mention the word comp unless you really feel like explaining...
...When budgets pass about $25 million, the studio, quite legitimately, wants to have a big say in the making of the movie. At that budget, you have the obligation to temper -- a very important word -- your vision of the movie with what is commercially viable. So what goes out the window is individual vision. This could mean changing the ending of a film -- don't upset the audience; don't disappoint them...