Word: sharpness
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...that he places his characters in situations that require almost otherworldly instincts. What perhaps gives his films their reputation as being “edgy” is his consistent penchant for placing his characters in a kind of hyper-real universe in which they face extreme hardship and sharp transition around every turn. He explains that this is the best way to uncover the strange behavioral truths that make such situations survivable...
...Bush stands not only on an accomplished record, but demonstrates a sense of clarity and leadership necessary to pursue a successful War on Terror. The president, if nothing else, will be straightforward and sincere tomorrow night. This sense of honesty and clear, determined vision will undoubtedly stand in sharp contrast to his opponent’s precarious pessimism, and find a resounding audience with the American people...
...hunger gap: this year’s Democrats are more determined to win than at any time since 1992. But a partisan passion for the other side’s defeat—no matter how justified—cannot build a winning majority, nor can sharp-elbowed campaign tactics substitute for an understandable policy vision. Democrats must match their intensity against Bush with a passion for fresh and coherent ideas...
...Democrats must regret having spent the last four years doing little more than hating George W. Bush. To win, the party of Franklin Roosevelt and Bill Clinton (and George McGovern and Walter Mondale) must do more than learn from its past, and more than emulate the Republicans’ sharp elbows. Democrats must finally build for the future...
...pretty comfortable in any Chinese city with more than a few million people. In his column, “Putting it Bluntly,” he plans to take his steak knife to some of the sacred cows on campus and to examine them in his own sharp and reductive way with a little bit of black humor on the way. His column will appear on alternate Mondays...