Word: although
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...Although I myself attended the awards with the ostensible objective of augmenting my knowledge of the Boston music underground, I must confess I was enticed, as any mortal must be, by the idea of swooning at the sight of Boston's hometown celebs. Flipping through the awards booklet, I began to get excited as I glimpsed a teaser promo on the inside cover, showing the smug faces of LFO along with the boast of the "Power of 3Times 5," LFO's label's commendation of the boys' five nominations, including...
Star-seekers needn't have worried, however. Boston is still the home of the New Kids on the Block, two of whom have made praiseworthy efforts at pulling mildly successful independent careers from the wreckage that was NKOTB. Although the boys are teen idols no more (they are both in their late 20s), fans in the under-13 age bracket continue to adore Jordan Knight (winner of Single of the Year for "Give It to You") and Joey McIntyre (winner of Outstanding Video for "I Love You Came Too Late"). I was entirely flabbergasted to see both of them called...
...Although he said he loves his job, Spinola expressed frustrations with the company saying it is unresponsive to workers' needs...
...director and producer -quite an accomplishment for a man who has just recently reached the age of thirty. In his directorial debut, the two-time Academy Award nominated actor demonstrates a flair for exposing emotional traits while still maintaining a light tone. Norton makes deft use of physical comedy, although the slapstick is highly and unevenly concentrated in the beginning of the film. He and Blumberg also seem intent in showcasing their knowledge of pop culture. In just the first half hour of the film, references are made to Lauren Hill's departure from the Fugees, the _Buena Vista Social...
...Although it often aspires to heavy theological aims, _Keeping the Faith_ is essentially just a light, frothy, and old-fashioned screwball comedy. It only skims the deeper issues of religious tolerance and often seems more interested in milking the central religious conflict for all of its possible humorous aspects than in fully depicting each character's internal struggles with his or her faith. The most expressive Jacob ever gets in coming to terms with the reality of his relationship with Anna is proclaiming to her, "The fact that you're not Jewish is a real problem for me." Overall...