Word: worn
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...follow two lovers as they turn into skeletons and send up well-worn cinematic beach love scenes (we need a moratorium on parodies of “From Here to Eternity” and “10”). The girl is Devon Aoki, of “Sin City” fame; she looks bored. Probably because Burton can’t make Flowers interesting. He moves woodenly. He may have the looks of a frontman, but not the charm, and this video exposes his bare-bones talent...
...store at Hollywood and Vine, along the brass-starred Walk of Fame. Lucille Ball bought her suitcases there. The neighborhood fell into disrepair in recent years, though, with homeless people camping out on trash-strewn streets. Blue's shop was looking shabby too, its window displays outmoded, its linoleum worn. But when the City of Los Angeles moved to condemn his building--not to build a school or a fire station but to make way for a glitzy $500 million private hotel and condo complex--Blue dug in for what would become a three-year legal fight to save...
...environment. The most stable environment is one in equilibrium. Growth leads to instability and breakdown. It is unfortunate that, in this world, everything is geared toward growth. Chin Wei Pok, M.D. Subang Jaya, Malaysia What Veils Reveal Congratulations to columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown for arguing against the face veil worn by some Muslim women [Oct. 16]. The veil certainly represents the suppression of women. It is apparently worn because some Muslim men are so lacking in self-control that a mere glimpse of female flesh would drive them into a sexual frenzy. Since even animals do not behave that badly...
...strays—slightly—from the car mishap scenario. It examines the struggles of those affected by a bullet that hits an American tourist on a Moroccan tour bus.This thematic repetition is a bit distressing, not necessarily because the random-people-thrown-together scenario is so well-worn, but rather because Iñárritu is running out of things to say with it. The title alludes to the biblical parable of the Tower of Babel, and, fittingly, the trials of all the main characters largely revolve around their inability to communicate. Susan (Cate Blanchett) and Richard...
...Federal-style landmarks as the U.S. Capitol, Faneuil Hall, and Harvard’s own University Hall—is stunning. Set along luminous Bellwort Path, Bulfinch rests beneath a giant, ornate vase. “Graduated at Harvard” are the only words legible of a long, worn-down epitaph. Slightly different in style is the Cabot Lodge family mausoleum, resting place for a long line of Massachusetts senators. Shortly after visiting the unmarked lakeside chapel, FM was startled by an old man screaming, “Stop walking, Mary! Stop walking!” The man quickly...