Word: expect
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...help her. He shrugged in a way that suggested he didn't know why he was supposed to solve everyone's problems. "I'm sorry," he said. "I wish I could wave a wand." It was an honest answer, but it lacked the empathy Americans have come to expect from their President. At other times, Bush would shout so loudly that he seemed to have studied at the Al Gore school of campaign makeovers, where volume is considered a substitute for passion...
...Expectations? Throw them out the window, because they'll probably turn out wrong. The only thing you can truly expect from Reindeer Games is the unexpected, and saying any more would be giving away too much. This is very much a thriller in the classic sense, in which the strong development of the characters and their relationships drive the plot along its winding path. As any good thriller should, it throws a surprise at the audience every few minutes and introduces doubt at every turn. Can we trust the characters we think we can trust? Who will end up betraying...
...frothy diversion, some call it. A mindless drag extravaganza, others might say. But for $27, we expect a lot more than just fluffy entertainment from Hasty Pudding Theatricals. We expect-- we demand!--art. Art that transcends the boundaries of time, space and gender. Art that can be discussed at the Advocate without prompting red-faced embarasssment. Art that--gasp--means something...
However, what Vermont does will have significance beyond its borders. Because the U.S. Constitution requires that states give "full faith and credit" to the judicial proceedings, including marriages, of other states, same-sex couples could marry in Vermont and expect that their status should be recognized in other states. Some states have attempted to pass laws declaring that they will not recognize such marriages, but such evasions of Constitutional responsibility should not stand up in the courts...
Walking into a movie starring a member of the "Friends" cast is always interesting. I normally expect total ineptness and a hackneyed script trying to play upon the comedic strengths of the cast member while never truly moving away from the feeling of a half-hour sitcom. While The Whole Nine Yards does many things well, it suffers from the same airiness...