Word: wrongly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Going into The Perfect Storm, and already knowing the fate of the Andrea Gail and her six crew members, I was skeptical that the film could be anything more than an exercise in high-priced special effects. Well, I was certainly wrong and I credit veteran director Wolfgang Peterson for making the movie as good as it is. The selling point may have been the titanic waves, but what makes Perfect Storm work is the opening half hour, in which Peterson not only establishes his characters but, more importantly, establishes the life of the Gloucester fishermen. Their precarious economic existence...
...successful, so consistent, so spectacular with her risk-taking that we never have to doubt the quality or the thought put into each one of her ventures. Critics, of course, have made a career out of predicting her doomsday. And she's made a career out of proving them wrong...
...looking to use this as a turning point--to get the team together as a unit," Miller said. "Coach [Tim Wheaton] told us we have lots of enthusiasm, but we're using it in the wrong areas...
...Many of the confessions transcribed in the report have that "suddenly-I- realized-I-was-wrong" tone. But sometimes, actions speak louder than words. In some cases, the U.S. troops - contrary to their chocolate-tossing image - were little more than the infamous "Blue Meanies" that terrorized Pepperland in the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" movie. Soldiers would knock down the carefully constructed stacks of cigarette packs that vendors had built...
...think with all those votes on the line our concerns would be addressed with a modicum of gravity. Listened to. Consulted. You'd think the candidates would be lining up at our doors to showcase their policies on health care, education, Social Security. But you'd be wrong. Instead of crunching our numbers, the candidates are kissing our babies. They're wearing earth tones and soft pastel ties. They're going on "Oprah," for God's sake...