Still, the word carries with it some fairly ominous overtones, surely not helped by the 1979 film that carried the title, centering around a young antichrist.
This new title centers on a now legendary meeting held by the Screen Directors Guild in 1950 (at the height of the anti-communist "Red Scare") to consider the adoption of an industry loyalty oath.
In the ever-popular genre of WWII-inspired video games, most titles center either on action or strategy, but rarely both.
Still, my scouring of DVD titles centering on skiing, basketball and hockey yield seven films I can recommend.
The main story is similar to previous Super Mario titles, centering on Mario's efforts to rescue Princess Peach, who has been kidnapped by Bowser, utilizing the aid of the Tanooki Suit amongst other power-ups.
When UConn won and celebrated another national title at center court, the practice guys, deep in the grandstand, were glad they were there -- even if they had to pay for their tickets.
I smiled when I saw the title Lincoln Center has adopted for its minifest ("The Genius of Hector Berlioz"), remembering that the fastidious Mendelssohn had called Berlioz "a genius without talent".
Among Ms. Das's short-story collections available in English translation are "Padmavati the Harlot" and "The Sandal Trees," whose title story centers on a tender, decades-long love affair between two women.
Past readings of "The Last Laugh" (or "Der Letzte Mann," "The Last Man," in its German title) have centered on the anti-militaristic implications of Jannings's dismissal: stripped of his coat, he is no longer fearsome, but a shuddering, pathetic figure.
In contrast to the surfeit of books with the words "Bush" and "lies" in their titles, "Off Center" forces readers to look beyond caricatures and recognize the underlying ground rules of politics, and how they have been changed.
