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...point in doing it." Director F. Gary Gray, whose Italian Job is an update of a 1969 caper, says he strove for "a retro, fresh approach. I wanted to be able to communicate the danger, and that meant I had to do it the old-fashioned way." He's proud that "virtually every stunt we did could have been done in the original Italian...
...Alexander Sosenko is proud of his skills, but these days they don't seem to be the ones he needs to keep his medical practice going. A pulmonologist for 19 years, he knows just about everything there is to know about the lungs and is cherished by patients for his concerned, direct manner. But by his own admission, he's not great at lobbying. And, unfortunately, that's how Sosenko, 49, has lately been spending much of his time--circulating petitions at the local hospital, pleading with politicians for help. He has spent sleepless nights worrying that he may have...
...long as the Democratic Party persists in whining and criticism, it will have nothing to offer a populace that is proud of its country. If the Democrats want to return to viability, they must praise the nation's accomplishments--their own and those of the GOP--in a meaningful way and be seen as building upon them. Need a formula? Giving 10 compliments earns the right to express one criticism. EDWARD GABRIELSE St. Charles...
excerpt What had Mma Ramotswe to be embarrassed about? She thought hard. Her weight was hardly a confidential matter, and anyway, she was proud of being a traditionally built African lady, unlike these terrible, sticklike creatures one saw in the advertisements. Then there were her corns - well, those were more or less on public display when she wore her sandals. Really, there was nothing that she felt she had to hide. Now constipation was quite a different matter. It would be dreadful for the whole world to know about troubles of that nature. She felt terribly sorry for people...
...Just try to be proud of what I’m doing and not worry. I’m not really worried much at all. I don’t expect it to be a lot of fun, but it’s an important job,” Moulton wrote in a letter to his brother Cy Moulton—a student at Bowdoin College—during the 40-day voyage to Kuwait...