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Meanwhile, in England, the king marris off his homosexual son (Peter Hanly) to a French princess (Sophie Marceau). The prince's homosexuality, effeminacy and poltical weakness are all too conveniently tied together. "The mere sight of him would merely encourage the ememy to take over the whole country," scoffs his father. The prince spends the time he should be working by dressing up in elaborate robes to the admiration of his male friends...
...only is there conflict between the Scots and the British, but also between the nobles and the commoners. Traditionally the British king would bribe Scottish nobles into abandoning the battlefield before the war could begin. But in this case, William (a mere plebian) rides insolently into the discussion and starts the war with a few remarks that he must have learned at recess in Scottish elementary school. When they finally get down to fighting, the camera dips and swoops through the battlefield, careening realistically through the carnage...
...easier to be an American archetype when Huck and Jim floated down the Mississippi, a ready-made metaphor. It's a much more difficult, and much less interesting, trick for Bone, the 14 year old narrator of this book, who's stuck not with a river but a mere shopping mall, a place whereTIME book critic John Skowsays "you can sort of float, but not too far, just around in the same old circle, which gets kind of boring even if you manage to score some decent weed." Thursday's TIME Daily
...Ross Perot, who in 1992 reported that a chunk of his then $3.3 billion fortune was invested in low-risk government securities. Interest is one of the items targeted for massive cuts under G.O.P. budget plans -- $155 billion under Senator Pete Domenici's proposal. Moreover, the cbo states, mere passage of a credible balanced-budget plan could lead the bond market to bid down interest rates almost immediately, lowering the cost of financing the government's existing debt an additional $170 billion over the next seven years...
...speaker invited were to have made any of the statements cited above, there would obviously be numerous protests, as there were for General Colin L. Powell. McGuire's case is unique, however, since it is not he who was chosen but his address. He is also speaking for a mere five minutes in a language most of the audience will not understand, so it is clearly an issue which deserves only a small amount of time and attention. It has been observed before, however, that a speaker is held accountable not merely for what he is speaking...