Word: odd
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...long hallway, a showcase of war mementos greets passers-by. Dominating the scene is a life-size photograph of Bush, the kind that tourists in Washington pay $5 to pose with. But Bush's version, a Christmas gift from the U.S. Army, is framed and has a dozen-odd bullet holes in its head. It was retrieved from the private pistol range of Manuel Noriega. Nearby are the original police mug shots of Noriega, face front and silhouette. Does the President enshrine these images as prehistoric men wore totems from which to derive strength? Or is this the beginning...
...good news about Mearsheimer's message is that the bad news with which he concludes is unpersuasive. His pessimism is unwarranted by what is already happening in Europe. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Europe's most unabashed opponent of the superstate, is increasingly the odd woman out. Other leaders, particularly Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany and President Francois Mitterrand of France, seem committed to moving in the direction that Thatcher disdains -- toward forms of political and military cooperation that entail the pooling of sovereignty...
Power and celebrity are not necessarily buffers against the odd little vicissitudes of life. Accidents do happen. Ask any of the following notables...
What is surprising is the fact that the film, after some two-odd hours, continues on. Had Lee decided to end his film at this point, Mo' Better Blues would have been a tragic tale about a man, who, through his own arrogance, brings about his own destruction; a reaffirmation of a moral universe where our actions inevitably have reprocussions. Simple, to be sure, but not insulting...
...touch at negotiating is magic -- people can't seem to tell whether they have come out of a deal with gold or dross, but whatever it is, they're happy. In her professional career Burns has held three positions and adored each one. Add the dozen-odd part-time jobs that she worked at from age 13 on to put herself through school -- she loved them...