Word: particularly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...larger-than-life inmate named John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan). Convicted for the unthinkable murder of two little girls, Coffey is placed on the Green Mile, the stretch of walkway that brings death row prisoners from their cells to the electric chair (usually called the last mile, but this particular one has green floor tiles). The unique bond that evolves between the sympathetic Edgecomb and the unexpectedly gentle Coffey forms the basis for the psychological, spiritual and moral exploration that permeates the film. The strong ensemble cast is further enhanced by the performances of David Morse (Contact), who plays Brutus...
...While Coetzee develops brilliantly the white characters in the novel, there is something disturbing about the one dimensionality of all of the black characters. Petrus in particular never becomes anything more than a stereotype of the newly empowered yet still angry black man, and the seeming shallowness of his value system is chilling. Yet perhaps Coetzee keeps Petrus at a distance to make us realize that despite Lucy and David's liberal attitudes to the new South Africa, the damage done by years of oppression will not just disappear. And they will not be spared the revenge...
...alive. Oftentimes, a lot of the passions and endeavors of others seem useless to me. Maybe that's why I'm so sympathetic to consultants and investments bankers--they're no more useless than anybody else. I guess if I wanted to go all out with this particular "-ism," I'd spend all my time trying to comprehend "the void" and despairing at the futility of modern existence. I have a feeling that it wouldn't be long before I said, "Screw this, I want a Porsche. Where's the number for J.P. Morgan...
...think the nerdiest thing about me is that I always seem to end up running around. People always stop me in our yard and ask me where I'm running. But I'm never really going anywhere. I'm going to class or something, but for no particular reason am I running. The least nerdy thing is probably...I think...I'm trying to think what 'least nerdy' would be exactly...
...majority of Noguera's research and teaching has been in the area of urban education, in particular the ways in which schools respond to social and economic forces within the urban environment. He has been praised for applying his philosophies to real-life situations...