Word: plot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...light touch of the writing and directing of the film is crucial to its success. A film whose intentions are clear might have been doomed by didactic dialogue and heavy-handed direction. Thankfully, the message is obscured somewhat by the layers of the film. The Coens let the plot flow naturally, injecting virile doses of Minnesota wit at just the right times...
...Harvard, where few students seem to have the time or inclination to plot April Fool's schemes, this plan is the most elaborate described by students interviewed yesterday...
...clock trick seems to be a common gag employed by Harvard students. Bill S. Triant '99 tried to set his roommates' alarm clocks forward an hour, but according to another roommate, F. Edward Boas '99, his plot failed...
TOKYO: In the latest dispute between Okinawans and the U.S. military, a landowner has filed suit to evict the military from his plot of land. Shoichi Chibana's lease with the military expired Sunday and he wants to return to his home. "I want to go back on my land," Chibana said. "In the end, we will win." The Japanese government is not letting Chibana return, citing the U.S.-Japanese security relationship. Chibana led thousands of protesters this weekend outside his land at a U.S. Navy communications center, causing a potential embarrassment for Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. Hashimoto wants...
...going to be more Contract With America themes such as balancing the budget and returning authority to the states," she says. "This is what he talks about in just about every speech." Next weekend, the Senate majority leader begins a two-week vacation to catch his breath and plot a course through the next few months, which will feature a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill. Edwards says that the retreat will be a working vacation, and Dole will seek the advice of his wife, Elizabeth, and trusted friends...