Word: skill
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Miller (Fred Ward) and Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros), two residents of the sex-as-art pantheon, and their put-upon spouses (Uma Thurman and Richard E. Grant). But Kaufman is a gent who dreams, ever so fastidiously, about nymphs and satyrs. And here he cannot find the moviemaking skill to suit his fine passion. His actors look stranded; with the exception of the tremulous, bewitching De Medeiros, they indulge in huff and bluster. As for the sex that got Henry & June in trouble, it's less Millerian than Victorian. There's something wrong with a sexual film when...
Behind the scenes, Restic will be tinkering,adjusting, still searching for the skill positioncombinations that will bring him an Ivy title.Andy Bell and Rodney Taylor will start at runningback and split end, respectively, but theirbackups will press them for playing time.Lazarre-White has earned the starting nod forgood, but how often he will take to the airremains to be seen...
...Crimson would deploy a 3-5-2 look instead of the present 3-4-3. The move is designed to take advantage of Amen's skill at holding the ball and to create a more offensively oriented squad...
Earlier this year Kaifu showed signs of being a lot better than that. Demonstrating unexpected skill and boldness, he engineered major progress in trade talks with the U.S. This week he could advance both his own standing and his country's by bringing more than just his checkbook to his meeting with Bush...
Putting last things first is an old storyteller's trick, and there isn't a trickier old storyteller than Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A good example of his skill comes early in this new novel about the final days of Simon Bolivar, and it is worth quoting if only to demonstrate how a maestro establishes his theme...