Word: acceptant
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...where the current concern is that the story seems to reward obedience." Collodi's original conception still speaks to modern souls, says co-screenwriter Vincenzo Cerami, because "he's innocent, full of life, existing in an infantile Eden, looking for what Freud called the pleasure principle. He has to accept the principle of reality that includes death and a sense of duty." But it's also the story of every man and woman, says Wunderlich, "Of growing up from a self-absorbed child wanting every desire fulfilled immediately into an adult who learns how to take care of himself...
...film, directing and acting, France and the U. S. - is central to Malkovich's life. Early next year he'll release The Dancer Upstairs, the first film he has directed. Based on a novel by British writer Nicholas Shakespeare, it tells the story of an investigator who reluctantly accepts the task of finding the terrorist Ezequiel, modeled on Abimael Guzmán Reynoso, the founder of Peru's Shining Path. "It's not really about terrorism," says Malkovich. "It's about a modern man, one who sees the way the world passes and fights his own corner." A description Malkovich...
...where the current concern is that the story seems to reward obedience." Collodi's original conception still speaks to modern souls, says co-screenwriter Vincenzo Cerami, because "he's innocent, full of life, existing in an infantile Eden, looking for what Freud called the pleasure principle. He has to accept the principle of reality that includes death and a sense of duty." But it's also the story of every man and woman, says Wunderlich, "Of growing up from a self-absorbed child wanting every desire fulfilled immediately into an adult who learns how to take care of himself...
...current non-conventional weapons stockpiles and programs and submit to an intrusive (although not armed) anywhere-anytime inspection regime. Such a resolution might also fudge the issue of authorizing force by hinting at consequences for failure to comply. The question facing the Bush Administration: Whether it needs to accept compromises and delays at the UN now that the President has congressional authorization to act outside of a UN mandate if he sees...
...That, of course, could simply be a bargaining tactic aimed at forcing Security Council members to accept Washington's demands. And it could signify a genuine intent on the part of the President to take matters into his own hands. The deeper question facing the President is to what extent he still needs UN authorization politically, despite the congressional vote. The Administration is certainly aware that the extent of congressional support for the war resolution was determined by the administration's decision to work through the UN to achieve maximum support for any move against Iraq. And opinion polls continue...