Gilbert may refer to:
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
After a three-season career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.
"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.
The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.
The earliest recorded use[citation needed] of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young Alexander Hamilton in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Dutch governor of St. Croix to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man." [dubious – discuss] In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.
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An elderly dentist, contemplating the end of his life, is visited by a most unexpected patient - an encounter that sends the dentist on a jarring and disorienting journey of self-discovery that brings him face to face with his most private and personal pain.
Feel the pain.
Gilbert: I'm going to kill myself.::The Visitor: [long pause] Can you wait til you fix my tooth?
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The snoopy reporter Jackie proposes the television producer Gilbert to investigate the small town of Buckeystown, Maryland, where in the last twenty years dozen of disappearances have occurred. Gilbert accepts and Jackie together with a cameraman drive to the local inn. Meanwhile, a young couple arrives in the inn since the husband will have a job interview in a video company of the town. Jackie interviews the reluctant locals and realizes that the common sense is that travelers and non-residents are abducted by UFOs in the haunted highway Route 180. However, she unravels a dark hidden secret from the elders of Buckeystown.
Keywords: curse, ghost, louisiana, maryland, slasher, suspense, voodoo, voodoo-doll
A TV reporter uncovers the dark secret of a mid Maryland town.
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A video release containing toxic waste from the first three series of space comedy Red Dwarf. Witness the cast, and a number of guest stars, forget lines, reach for misplaced props, or accidentally fall over in a selection of hilarious out-takes. Kryten, the 4000-series sanitation mechaniod, answers questions about Red Dwarf, and the video also includes a full length smeg mix of Cat's Tongue Tied song.
Keywords: out-take
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At 73, France's ex-president, Emile Beaufort, faces declining health, but he still plays a vigorous role behind the scenes as a philosopher and, potentially, as a power broker. In particular, his relationship with Philippe Chalamont comes into play: Chalamont seems in line to be the next Prime Minister, and Beaufort's history with him is long, deep, and problematic. As Beaufort dictates his memoirs, his narrative take us to occasions, 15 and 20 years before, in which Chalamont and he clashed. Chalamont is not without talent and guile: he comes directly to Beaufort to see if they can sort things out. What will Beaufort, ill health and all, do?
Keywords: 1950s, anti-semitic-slur, bachelor, based-on-novel, burning-a-letter, cabinet-minister, conflict-of-interest, corporate-corruption, corporate-lobbying, corporate-power
Comme si je n'existais pas,
Elle est passée à côté de moi,
Sans un regard, reine de Saba.
J'ai dit: "Aïcha, prends: tout est pour toi."
Voici des perles, des bijoux,
Aussi l'or autour de ton cou,
Les fruits bien mûrs au goût de miel,
Ma vie, Aïcha, si tu m'aimes.
J'irai où ton souffle nous mène
Dans les pays d'ivoire et d'ébène.
J'effacerai tes larmes, tes peines.
Rien n'est trop beau pour une si belle.
Oooh! Aïcha, Aïcha, écoute-moi.
Aïcha, Aïcha, t'en vas pas.
Aïcha, Aïcha, regarde-moi.
Aïcha, Aïcha, réponds-moi.
Je dirai les mots des poèmes.
Je jouerai les musiques du ciel.
Je prendrai les rayons du soleil
Pour éclairer tes yeux de reine.
Oooh! Aïcha, Aïcha, écoute-moi.
Aïcha, Aïcha, t'en vas pas.
Elle a dit: "Garde tes trésors.
Moi, je veux mieux que tout ça,
Des barreaux sont des barreaux, même en or.
Je veux les mêmes droits que toi
Et du respect pour chaque jour.
Moi, je ne veux que de l'amour."
Aaaah!
Comme si je n'existais pas,
Elle est passée à côté de moi,
Sans un regard, reine de Saba.
J'ai dit: "Aïcha, prends: tout est pour toi."
Aïcha, Aïcha, écoute-moi.
Aïcha, Aïcha, écoute-moi.
Aïcha, Aïcha, t'en vas pas.
Aïcha, Aïcha, regarde-moi.
Aïcha, Aïcha, réponds-moi.
Lalala... lalala...
Gilbert works alone, late into the night
Dangling from a free way overpass
He's welding rebar and sculpting concrete
They're paving in the gap way out west
In off in the distance, the sleepy city shines
He raises his mask to take a look
Slip from the perch, still holding onto his torch
I see him falling just like a burning star
Out of control
And went drifting way off course
And went drifting way off course
Waking up confused in a bed of thorn
And a world turns upside down
No questions asked, no party ever searched
Like a blip gilbert slips into a void
A rustle nearby then a vision appears
Made from saguaro boots and rib
Grabs a hold of this prickly hand
And together they stand
Walk on through the ruins of a world
That lost control