Word: length
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Story" (another Oscar nominee) takes on the astoundingly eccentric task of portraying multiple Kirk Douglasses in multiple roles with multiple jutting chins. For two minutes (its entire length) the short is a welcome piece of absurdity. "Triangle" is a sexy piece of modern dance done in water-color and finger paint. Lithe bodies swirl across the screen in a semi-psychedelic fantasy which looks a lot like love-making done to the fierce beat of drums...
Harvard clocked the 2000-meter race in 6:04.53, while the Midshipmen finished a length behind...
When a senior Chinese leader dies, the order of names of the official pallbearers, the effusiveness of the obituary, the length of the mourning period, all provide signs of the individuals and policies that are in favor. Chen's death was long expected, and the delay in mounting his funeral has intensified fears of confusion and factionalism within the government. Chinese history is replete with episodes of political chaos following the death of an Emperor, and Deng Xiaoping, like Mao Zedong before him, is universally viewed in imperial terms. Official rhetoric has portrayed a new core leadership headed by party...
...acknowledged masters of trance, recently released their first album since 1992's U.f.orb. It is really a mini-album, a sort of appetizer to Orb's new follow-up full-length album. Orb really takes on the metaphor of appetizer, calling the album Pomme Fritz, and naming some of the tracks after English pub food--"Pomme Fritz (Meat 'n Veg)," "More Gills Less Fishcakes," and "Bang 'er 'n Chips...
...region's crime wave and corruption in the criminal justice system. Coverage of crime poverty, illiteracy and drug abuse dominated the other categories, whose winners were announced this afternoon. Among them: Washington Post writer Leon Dash and photographer Lucian Perkins won the explanatory journalism prize for their book-length profile of a District of Columbia family's struggle with poverty. The national reporting award went to Tony Horwitz of The Wall Street Journal for stories about working conditions in low-wage America. The Journal's Ron Suskind won for feature writing for stories about inner-city honor students in Washington...