There is an ironic and entertaining distance set up here between James ' feelings of failure and inadequacy and what we now know about his final reputation.

They also involve a central romantic story, usually in which the couple seem mismatched and even hostile to each other at first, but eventually overcome their differences in an amusing or entertaining way that leads to romance.

" Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote " An exceptionally tasty contempo comedic romance, ' Jerry Maguire ' runs an unusual pattern on its way to scoring an unexpected number of emotional, social and entertaining points.

His work is more appreciated in his country of origin for finding a way to make an entertaining yet thoughtful story that grips the viewer in an industry where film offerings are more polarized between overtly intellectual auteur cinema and apparently content-lacking commercial films.

Much like football star-turned-sportscaster Terry Bradshaw years later, he chose to build on, rather than counter, his image as a not-too-bright country boy, as a way of entertaining fans: " The Good Lord was good to me.

Artequin Museum of Viña del Mar, located in the Parque Potrerillos in Viña del Mar, this newly opened museum has as mission to bring children and youths from the region for the Visual Arts in an entertaining way.

The celebrities were often friendly, but sometimes their more unfriendly antics were featured in an amusing and entertaining way.

Fuller presents these problems in his book The Morality of Law with an entertaining story about an imaginary king named Rex who attempts to rule but finds he is unable to do so in any meaningful way when any of these conditions are not met.

I also found that entertaining people gave me a great feeling of release, making people laugh was a very good way of befriending them.

Flyball provides an entertaining and active way to interact with one's dog and other dog enthusiasts in an environment that is fun while allowing the dogs exercise and enjoyment.

The Chikuzen biwa was used by Buddhist monks visiting private residences to perform memorial services, not only for Buddhist rites, but also for telling entertaining stories and news while accompanying themselves on the biwa, and this form of storytelling was thought to be spread in this way.

In this way, the mansion, often used for weddings and corporate entertainment, and its park are still the setting for the lavish entertaining that their creator planned.

" He could and did tear things apart in the most devastating and entertaining way ; but ... he had a positive message of his own ," Robert Hutchins.

Beatrice Santorini gives examples in " Part-of-speech Tagging Guidelines for the Penn Treebank Project ," ( 3rd rev, June 1990 ), including the following ( p. 32 ) case in which entertaining can function either as an adjective or a verb, and there is no evident way to decide:

The Green and Gold Club at Commonwealth Stadium offers the most exclusive way to enjoy the Edmonton Eskimo football club, it can be used for entertaining clients, rewarding employees and it can be use to take in a game with friends and family at your own table in the Club.

:" One does not go to the theater to see life and nature ; one goes to see the particular way in which life and nature happen to look to a cultivated, imaginative and entertaining man who happens, in turn, to be a playwright.

After expressing strong desires to use their performing talents in a way that would be both entertaining and inspiring, they decided to form a new group, Jericho Road.

To keep the coat attractive, the owner must put in considerable time and effort in cleaning it and in entertaining and exercising the dog in a way that minimizes the accumulation of litter.

Effective travel writing should allow readers a vivid recollection of the area / areas being described in a way that is useful and entertaining.

In 2007 Talbot was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Manchester Metropolitan University in recognition of bringing to a mass audience, through his media work, a better understanding of scientific and environmental issues in a way that is educational, interesting and entertaining.

Paying his own way through university, Seok again worked at many different jobs to provide for his family, and as he had an aptitude for entertaining, became a well known singer and professional musician in the 1960s while in his twenties, having several hit songs.

Max Magic received numerous prestigious awards for its uniquely intuitive way of entertaining and teaching children and adults about magic.

In World War II the armed services found the Tonette to be an inexpensive and entertaining way for idle troops to pass the time.

This is sometimes directly encouraged — in New Zealand, McGillicuddy Serious sometimes advertised itself as an entertaining way to waste one's vote.

Communal living posed unique challenges ; one author tells of an incident when a drunk neighbor passed out on the floor in front of the entrance to their room and urinated, to the horror of her mother, who was entertaining foreign guests when the “ little yellow stream slowly made its way through the door of the room .” She relates this incident to the experience of communal living, “ both intimate and public, with a mixture of ease and fear in the presence of foreigners and neighbors .” Tenants in communal apartments are “ like family in some respects and like strangers in others .” Neighbors are forced to interact with each other, and they know nearly everything about each other, their schedules and daily routines, profession, habits, relationships and opinions, prohibiting any sense of privacy in the communal apartment.

The oyabun was entertaining a group of dignitaries, the secretary said, businessmen from Tokyo for the most part, and Kayabashi wished to show them the mission.

stereo LSO 1066 ) that has some entertaining moments, although it is scarcely as inventive as the praise elicited by the show might lead one to expect.

* a pitch deck with oral narrative-a hopeful, entertaining slide show and oral narrative that is meant to trigger discussion and interest potential investors in reading the written presentation.

The first half of the show was an entertaining monologue loosely based on his memoirs, the second half was a question-and-answer session with Crisp picking the audience's written questions at random and answering them in an amusing manner.

David Chatterton of British Theatre Guide described the show as " interesting and entertaining, but not really a ' must see ' even for Simpsons fans ".

In the show, the collaboration with Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier produced a highly entertaining result.

While I don ’ t feel it ’ s anything special, it remains a fairly entertaining show that has a few entertaining moments.

Although this sort of presentation was a famous entertaining form of Lisbon ’ s Carnival, enjoying popular support and often with strong intervening characters, the censorship regulation in 1927 would strongly but irreversibly contribute to the extinction of this type of show.

In fact, in the following year the Decree Law Number 13 564 of 6 May 1927 globally regulated the show activities through extensive clauses ; defending a “ superior supervision of all the houses and show venues or public entertaining (...) by the General Inspection of Theatres and its delegates in behalf of the Public Instruction Ministry ” on its 200 articles.

“ The show is not about telling people to eat their vegetables, but if we can do that in an entertaining context, then there ’ s nothing better .” The series also focused on social issues such as HIV and AIDS organ transplants, racism, human trafficking, and gay rights.

Finally, another reason is that advertisements often cut into certain parts in the regular programming that are either climaxes of the plot or a major turning point in the show, which many people find exciting or entertaining to watch.

The clever solutions MacGyver implemented to seemingly unsolvable problems – often in life-or-death situations requiring him to improvise complex devices in a matter of minutes – were a major attraction of the show, which was praised for generating interest in the applied sciences, particularly engineering, and for providing entertaining story lines.

The New York Times called the show " highly entertaining.

On the show, hosted by Vernon Kay, sporting teams would perform their sport adapted to be entertaining and be judge by the panel consisting of Martine McCutcheon, cricketer Andrew Flintoff, footballer Rio Ferdinand and singer Una Healy ( The Saturdays ).

The New Yorker's was a rare positive assessment from the New York press: " It seemed a foregone conclusion that the show would be a failure ; a musical about history's most tragic maiden voyage, in which fifteen hundred people lost their lives, was obviously preposterous .... Astonishingly, Titanic manages to be grave and entertaining, somber and joyful ; little by little you realize that you are in the presence of a genuine addition to American musical theatre.

Raúl is best known for his entertaining, energetic coverage of everything from the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas, to the World Cup in South Africa, to ringing in the New Year with his annual show live from Times Square.

Playhouse was designed as an educational yet entertaining and artistic show for children, and its conception was greatly influenced by 1950s shows Reubens had watched as a child, like The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, The Mickey Mouse Club, Captain Kangaroo and Howdy Doody.

He was seemingly very drunk on the Michael Aspel chat show, to many highly entertaining, to others a waste of a great acting talent.

* Poly Bla Bla ( Much talking ) – A show targeted at the younger generation with an entertaining and informative topics including a look at all the latest gossip from the world of showbiz, fashion tips, games & contests, strange news stories from around the world and helpful advice for viewers & audience members regarding the problems they face in their lives.

The shot was fired at the Shubert Theater, where a riotously entertaining show called Crazy for You uncorked the American musical ’ s classic blend of music, laughter, dancing, sentiment and showmanship with a freshness and confidence rarely seen during the Cats decade.

He would drive around the city of Hamilton, ON interviewing passersby, he would have short entertaining clips, and finish off the show with a celebrity interview.

His main part in the show was to present different bargains for cars, as opposed to the super car reviews and entertaining motoring challenges, which were done by the two other presenters, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond.

)-Weekend variety show, informative and entertaining.