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...problem, I think, lies in these movies’ powerful temptation to self-mythologize. It’s one thing to occasionally saturate your field of dreams in rosy gold light, but quite another to have your hero constantly turn his eyes heavenward and flash a grin, even when he’s alone. Forget manipulation; these films, quite effortlessly, can make an audience feel violated...
...There are plenty of people who roll their eyes heavenward every time a woman mentions the famous "72 cents to a man?s dollar" statistic. The rallying cry of the 1970s is dismissed as some as antiquated, even irrelevant in today?s job market. It?s a nice thought - just imagine the relief millions of working women would feel if that were true...
...became his character so completely and physically that it was impossible to imagine him as a separate person. It wasn't just his New York-y delivery - those "youses" and "terlets" - but the way he carried himself: the tousled hair, the bone-weary shamble, the plaintive Irish eyes rolling heavenward at the dingbats and pinkos who surrounded him in his own house...
...always an exhilarating feeling to stand outside on a starry night and look heavenward, dreaming about what lies out there. It is that sense of wonderment that animates all five issues of our Visions for the 21st Century series, but stargazing is literally what we did for our third installment, Space and Science. About half our questions deal with otherworldly subjects, including "Will We Live on Mars?" and "Will We Meet E.T.?", while the rest of the package handles topics closer to home, such as "Can We Save California from an Earthquake?" and "Will the Mind Figure...
...Open, his refusal to answer was as full of protective affection as of cuteness and tact. (He said, "A Williams.") Earlier in the week, when informed of Outrageous Statement No. 10,000 that her dad had made, Serena, who won the whole shebang, rolled her eyes slightly heavenward, the way that only a normally dad-mortified daughter would...