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...Governor. But the real significance of Huckabee--and, to a lesser extent, Brownback--is that he represents the introduction of a new constituency into the political process: "Second Commandment" Christians, those more interested in salvation than damnation, people like the California pastor Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life. Huckabee says, "Our church in Little Rock is very similar to Rick Warren's. We've gone from 25 members to about 5,000 in eight years. Our focus has been to minister to people who were otherwise neglected. We built a ministry center before we even had a sanctuary...
...backyards as main concerns.Despite Daly’s claim that the art center will be community-focused, Lentz said at the Feb. 12 Harvard-Allston Task Force meeting that HUAM is “not the MFA,” emphasizing that the museums are not attendance driven.“What Harvard is saying is that their mission is to allow experts in the field to have close and intimate contact with the works of art,” Harvard-Allston Task Force member Harry Mattison said in an interview in February. “Because of the difference...
...girlfriends, and still more R. Kelly. What redeems and almost legitimizes this video is the song itself. It’s tacky, tongue-in-cheek, and irresistibly catchy. Clocking in at five-and-a-half minutes, it long overstays its welcome, but the piano-driven chorus (“Please believe it / unless your game is tight and you trust her / Then don’t bring her ’round me / because I’m a flirt”) never seems to lose its sugar-coated luster. If R. Kelly can use his incontestable vocal chops...
...only flaws, but also any other traits that might have caught this reviewer’s interest. Director Phillip Haas convincingly evokes the paranoid atmosphere in Iraq, with its confusing web of alliances and grotesque ironies. Particularly successful is the portrait of the Green Zone, even if it is driven home rather more emphatically than necessary: Anna and Dan lounge by the pool at a luxurious club as mortar attacks continue outside, and they make love to the sound of gunfire. At the same time, the film portrays U.S. soldiers with a striking lack of nuance. No explanation surfaces...
...audience can relate to, and all that is left is a simple recounting of events. Nearly every film containing overt references to today’s foreign policy and championing the “make love, not war” philosophy (how original) still boasts an unique interwoven character-driven storyline to distinguish it from a straight-up history lesson. This fundamental cinematic approach can make such films engaging, as seen in “Three Kings” or “The Thin Red Line.” Unfortunately, each character in “Barley?...