Word: indians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...successful is because it's wonderfully tricky--not since The Crying Game have we been so utterly fooled that we must see the movie a second time to figure out its secrets. Bruce Willis finally produced a non-stinker and he has M. Night Shyamalan to thank; the Indian writer-director carefully wove together the necessary elements of reality and fantasy to create a truly spooky moviegoing experience. It's movies like these, the ones that open out of nowhere and slowly build a following sans hype, that restore our faith in the public--especially in a summer where...
...comments to a roomful of tech reporters about how tech stocks - even his - are way overvalued. Investors fell all over themselves to drop the Nasdaq 108 points, with the Dow in hot pursuit. With the sell-off still chugging along on Friday, are we in for a cruel, cruel Indian summer...
...although in my innocent youth I loved the film "Short Circuit," I became disillusioned when I realized that the white actor portraying the Indian immigrant inventor was acting like a caricature, not a person...
...problem even extends to commercials. A recent football commercial on ABC made fun of Indian movies. The ad, roughly summarized: ABC showed a cheesy clip from an Indian movie. "Monday night in India," the screen said. Then they showed a clip of football players. "Monday night in America," it explained...
...tended to back Pakistan against India during the Cold War, but has since moved toward taking a more neutral stance on the subcontinent?s long-raging conflict. So when Pakistan sent a guerrilla force to occupy territory on the Indian side of the disputed border earlier this year, Washington joined Beijing ?- Islamabad?s other key ally ?- in demanding Pakistan?s withdrawal. And that left Nawaz to face the music back home. While calls for his ouster are mounting, Washington wants Pakistan?s constitution respected. And experience has made U.S. diplomats more inclined to spell out their positions ?- after...