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How many other songs from the 30's get instant recognition?
The best example of the former would be with the grits part in the courtroom scenes ("no respectable Southerner would make instant grits").
Problems with the general plot (of how, dragons that dissappeared because thier food was exhausted, managed to stay alive below London for millions of years - and come awake the instant a human touched them... and then only one male exists on the planet) can be distracting.
Great DVD for anyone getting into Queen or hardcore fans who do not own this instant classic yet.
I doubt if the costuming involved in this movie fooled anyone for an instant.
Add the phenomenal talent of supporting actors such as Terry-Thomas and Paul Lynde and you have instant comedic magic.
In a day an age when the market place is swallowing movies with meaning and history this should be an instant success.
Lenny Cantrow and Lila Kolodny are a newlywed Jewish couple.During their honeymoon in Florida he meets this tall blonde, Kelly, and realizes he's made a terrible mistake.Now he wants to have an instant divorce and get together with this attractive gentile.Another problem is the girl's father who can't stand this guy.Elaine May, the former sidekick of Mike Nichols is the director of The Heartbreak Kid (1972).Its writers are Bruce Jay Friedman (story) and Neil Simon (screenplay).What a wonderful and funny comedy this is!
This movie alone made me an instant Fred Ward fan.
These games, when released, were instant classics, and will remain classics until we actually start to be able to feel the sweet squish of virtual Goombas beneath our hyper-technologically clad feet.
Like anyone who has lived through occupation, violent regimes, and brutal wars, we know that trust, so long to develop, can be thrown away in an instant.
If they do not follow through on their intentions, promises, and commitments, access to information and instant communication is such that empty promises simply will no longer persuade most people.
In a world of instant mass communications, countries are judged by a global public fed on a diet of relentless online news, smartphone videos, and Twitter gossip.
Although the United Kingdom is currently building two carriers of its own, the Royal Navy is years away from the capability to deliver instant airpower from the sea.
Wily and resourceful, Afghans were quick to take advantage of the ignorance, goodwill and craving for instant results of the program’s officers.
Thanks to the scientific revolution that began in the seventeenth century, humans today enjoy instant communication, rapid transportation, a rich and diverse diet, and effective prevention and treatment for once-fatal illnesses.
And most countries’ politics have proverbial “third rail” issues – policies or programs (say, state pensions) that are so sacrosanct that any policymaker who touches them faces instant political death.
The positive effect of instant messaging and video gaming on productivity and living standards pales in comparison.
In the end, in New York you own nothing more than the instant, the now, the right now.
Consider the failure of the Kremlin’s attempt to block Telegram, Russia’s leading instant messaging service: far from quashing dissent, that effort has fueled support for the recent protests.
Nor did it expect to have an instant impact with “shock and awe” tactics, as a former US ambassador to Yemen claimed.
In a single instant of unfathomable fury, his moment of glory was transformed into one of madness and a curse.
And with the advent of digital technology and instant telecommunications, the Third Industrial Revolution, playing out over the past five decades, has connected the planet and shrunk time and space.
Rather, it is that our most deadly weapons could be compromised in an instant.
To be sure, nobody believes that many decades’ worth of mistrust and resentment can be overcome in an instant.
Or we can rely on Facebook and Twitter to restore a semblance of will and sovereignty to what used to be called the people, by technical means that enable real-time responses to instant referenda.
In an era of instant access, people often expect immediate relief from symptoms, which is difficult to achieve when it comes to chronic pain.
When there is no instant fix available, they can become discouraged, hampering their recovery further.
While it may not provide instant results, it begins to lay the groundwork for the development and implementation of programs based on hard data about African populations.
Individuals often lack willpower or access to healthy food or convenient exercise facilities, and are surrounded by poor examples that encourage instant gratification rather than effort and restraint.
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