Word: pulling
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...shouting has already started. Family historian Stephanie Coontz, author of The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap (Basic) questions the value of papering over conflicts for the kids' sake. Sure, some parents can pull it off, but how many and for how long? "For many couples," Coontz says, "things only get worse and fester, and eventually, five years down the road, they end up getting divorced anyway, after years of contempt for each other and outside affairs...
...fact, TIME's board expects the experiment to succeed. The Fed, says Wyss, is about to pull off something never before achieved: piloting the economy to two "soft landings" in a row. The previous one was in 1995-96, when a series of earlier interest-rate increases by the Fed succeeded in draining away inflationary pressure while letting growth continue...
...flames roaring up the sides make her fancy footwork all the more dramatic. She laughs. "I'm far from a feminist, but I'm tired of seeing pretty girls falling for men who get them out of trouble." Hollywood, be warned: This is one pretty girl who doesn't pull her punches...
...Irene. Terrible! Every time I think of the Farrelly's follow-up to There's Something About Mary, I get a queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach (I have the same reaction to thoughts of Scary Movie. If I think of them simultaneously, I have to pull the air sick bag from under my chair.) Though Carrey tried valiantly to up the ante on the gross-out schtick, the movie just never rose above its cheap tricks. Remember, Mary succeeded because of its pacing - in between the astounding sight gags, the Farrellys toyed with an ultrasweet romantic comedy...
...making mistakes, and you can get away with it. I did what I had to do. There's a couple times where I wish I were more patient here and there, and that just comes with having the confidence to do that. I think I was able to pull it off because Matt was that kind of person...