Word: handing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...other hand, there seem to be many Al Gores. The public's question will not be whether he is smart enough or experienced enough, but which Gore is the real one - which Gore, that is, voters would be electing to the White House...
...they were when they found out what Bill Clinton had been doing with Monica Lewinsky. "Will you truly bring dignity and courage to the White House?" she asked of McCain. Before she would let him answer, she had one more thing to say. "Also, can my son shake your hand?" Cut. Print it. Sliding by with a sly grin, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis said in a stage whisper, "Another McCain moment...
...first "not guilty" sounded, the dead man's mother had allowed herself a measure of despair. Her shoulders slumped; her bearing, which had been formidable in the face of four weeks of graphic testimony, finally gave way. As the 24th verdict was uttered, she clutched her brother's hand. Then, with the court adjourned, Kadiatou Diallo walked out, tears streaming down her face, refusing to make eye contact with the four defendants and their families, who were giving themselves up to elation, hugging and making the sign of the cross. The Muslim woman, her ex-husband beside her, spoke calmly...
Gomez and Steinfeld aren't superior to this stupidity--nothing smug about them, partly because as virtual unknowns, they're eager to please. On the other hand, there's a definite limit to the number of moron jokes we can absorb in 100 minutes, and their movie exceeds it. These guys have a nice gift for sly, sidelong comic glances. One appreciates the Coke machine that stands, uncommented upon, in the middle of the funeral parlor. One would not entirely mind seeing the dinner-theater production of Oh! Calcutta! they casually mention. But they need to be as smart...
...guys who dropped confetti at midnight from the roofs along Broadway, I couldn't resist bringing a digital camcorder along for the ride. Neither could my friend Bill, a reporter at the New York Daily News, who was working the crowds with digicam in hand. I figured our combined footage--half shot from above the party, half from inside it--ought to be worth something. I decided to turn it into an iMovie...