Word: triumphant
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Seattle meeting of the World Trade Organization, the bureaucrats may not have accomplished all that much last week. The chaos that surrounded them did. In this moment of triumphant capitalism, of planetary cash flows and a priapic Dow, all the second thoughts and outright furies about the global economy collected on the streets of downtown Seattle and crashed through the windows of NikeTown. After two days of uproar scented with tear gas and pepper spray, Americans may never again think the same way about free trade and what it costs...
...only flaw preventing Darabont's triumphant second effort from being perfect is the manner in which the story begins and ends. Told as a flashback by an older Edgecomb sixty years after the fact, the story opens with scenes that take place in the present. This set-up at the beginning of the film is fine, but the ending just doesn't work. Immediately after the final scene from 1935, the story shifts back to the present for a wrap-up that comes across as contrived (the same problem plagued Saving Private Ryan). Instead of ending the film...
...doesn't want to leave his son and appointed successor, Bashar, facing this complex problem. For the Israelis, a deal with Syria would put Israel at peace with all of its immediate neighbors." It may be some time, though, before the two sides reward President Clinton with a triumphant photo opportunity. "The talks will be hard because both sides are tough negotiators," says Dowell. "There's unlikely to be a quick resolution, but the talks themselves represent a major advance." Which may be why Barak will come to Washington himself rather than send his own foreign minister. The Syrians, after...
...Nebraska cornfield? Or an 'NSync member learning to lose his southern accent with a voice coach? In any case, unless they edit severely, we might be amused by the recurring spice-boy dramas. Boy gets acne (i.e. Nick, May-Dec. 1997). Boy has illness and then recovers and writes triumphant ballad (i.e., Brian, Aug. 1998). Boy quits group, becomes U.N. ambassador (i.e., Ginger Spice, Jan. 1996). Band demands more money (i.e. Backstreet Boys, 'NSync 1999). Boy starts balding (i.e., A.J.) Boy starts dating Britney Spears secretly (i.e. Justin Timberlake, June...
...trying to be civil to myself." In Limp she mocks, "It won't be long till you'll be/ Lying limp in your own hands." She knows there are things about her that put people she loves at a distance. As she watches them recede, she is wistful, but triumphant too, because she has remained true to her nature. "Only kisses on the cheek from now on," she sings to a former lover in Love Ridden. "And in a little while, we'll only have to wave...