Word: spirits
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...hopes to extend this casual spirit to conversations between supporters of different candidates...
Indeed, it represents something of a leap forward for Campion from the strained improbabilities of The Piano, the choked feminism of Portrait of a Lady. There's a looseness about Holy Smoke! that's not quite improvisatory but not entirely locked down either. This spirit freshens the film and gives it somewhat the quality of being surprised at its own journey...
...someone who enjoyed The Talented Mr. Ripley, I point all this out in the spirit of constructive criticism--some notes, you might say, for the remake. Next time, the tension between Tom and Dickie could be over how hard you can hit the machine without causing it to tilt, or whether you get more lire to the dollar in Zurich or Trieste. Gwyneth would be nowhere in sight...
...holiday spirit is all well and good. When it comes to protecting their trademarks, however, e-commerce companies are prepared to be as Grinch-like as they have to be. That was the lesson we learned this holiday season when toy retailing giant eToys.com got wind of a site called etoy.com. The lawyers at eToys.com decided etoy.com infringed on their trademark, and they took their complaint to the courts...
Betts, for her part, acknowledges influences from even broader areas of society. "Whether fashion is the Internet or teenagers in malls, we want to focus on the culture of the moment," she says. In that spirit, she is planning a dot.com issue for April. Can a Louis Vuitton mousepad be far behind...