Word: weirdness
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This is the serious film--goers mecca. Expect to see very obscure foreign films with a lot of angst. But many of them will never be released anywhere else, are cherished archival pieces arejust plain weird and entertaining. Peruse their guide or notice their billboard and take a chance...
Simpson is "very lucky that this happened in Los Angeles, the home of the weird juries and the weird jury verdicts," Dershowitz told Newsweek...
When the sun set, veterans said it was hard to believe they were in a World Cup town. The center held. The faithful said it felt weird being somewhere that didn't skip a beat for such a seismic affair. Phil Hersh, who writes for the daily Chicago Tribune and is extraordinarily fond of soccer, told his readers he wished the World Cup weren't happening here. "I want the World Cup in a country where cheers come from restaurant kitchens when the home team scores," he wrote...
...something truly weird. These gothic, melodramatic flourishes appear not in the first chapter of the latest Stephen King novel but rather in E.L. Doctorow's The Waterworks (Random House; 253 pages; $23). This is not entirely unexpected. The author of such luminous page turners as Ragtime, World's Fair and Billy Bathgate has made it a habit to surprise his readers with each new book. His central concerns -- the unavoidable sway of historical forces, the insidious effects of the powerful upon the powerless -- have remained constant, but he has chosen a variety of fictional voices and techniques to bring them...
...sort of in a weird position as a senior because you of course wish that you had helped the team do better, but you're also excited for everyone else that will be returning," Donahoe says. "I think they will have a great team...