Word: runner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...through two major structural problems: an increasingly absurd plot and the difficulties of adapting a novel that consists primarily of first person interior narration. Jordan unadvisedly takes a literal approach here, employing the most drab, extensive set of voiceovers since the awful pre-director's cut version of Blade Runner. (Haven't seen it? Don't.) Fiennes, a subtle actor, is forced to explicitly identify every emotional state his character enters. Does Bendrix really need to tell us how "tortured" he feels when we can see for ourselves a miserable Fiennes gulping whiskey and slamming his fist onto a table...
This year Dinneen looks to regain the form that once made him the No. 2 high school runner in the country...
Harvard men's cross-country captain junior Ed Baker and women's cross-country team runner senior Bethany Helms finished out their successful seasons at the NCAA Championships at the University of Indiana yesterday...
...pharmacy to denounce the cost of prescription drugs. In Chicago his Democratic opponent, former Senator Bill Bradley, told health-care professionals that he was committed to providing a Medicare benefit for drugs. And in New Hampshire, Republican Senator John McCain, who is moving up in the polls against front runner George W. Bush, expressed concern that some drug companies were using sneaky legislative maneuvers to extend their lucrative patents on pharmaceutical drugs--a move that would keep cheaper generic drugs from consumers. For their part, congressional Democrats held a pep rally last week to show they care about the problem...
...presidential candidates met in a televised forum, ostensibly to discuss the issues facing the nation. In fact, Alan Keyes, Orrin Hatch, Steve Forbes and John McCain never really got moving on any substantive exchanges, as they were far too busy huffing and puffing over the conspicuous absence of front-runner George W. Bush. "We're here answering questions," Forbes griped. Where was Bush...