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But then I'd be swept up in the sinuous motion of his filmmaking, in the elation of watching point of view passed like a baton from hand to hand, in the liberating force of his language and soundtrack.
The language and soundtrack used in his films are freeing.
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It's Wallace's lack of interest in Wigand's story--the movie's most powerful--that damns him in the audience's eyes.
Wallace's lack of interest damns him in the audience's eyes.
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I also think it is commendable that his articles, although unfavorable to Microsoft in the main, are being hosted on a Microsoft-owned site.
He wrote articles that were mainly unfavorable towards Microsoft.
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It was immediately clear that Lott should not have said this.
Lott said the wrong thing.
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Finally, Pollitt and Sullivan are disappointed that Unauthorized
Pollitt and Sullivan share the same emotions and feelings about unauthorized.
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After all, it's only a movie.
Ultimately, It's still a movie.
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The Progressive Policy Institute's Rob Shapiro, who invented the concept of corporate welfare before Reich gave it a name, has identified $300 billion worth.
Rob Shapiro is a wealthy man.
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This same egalitarianism fuels the feeling that the Secret Service shouldn't serve, in the mot du jour , as the president's Praetorian Guard--that it shouldn't take metaphorical bullets to protect his dalliances.
The Secret Service shouldn't put themselves in harms way just to protect the president's personal pleasures.
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Slate 's chief political correspondent, looked around him a few months ago and saw nothing but squalor.
Slate's chief political correspondent was surrounded by squalor.
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I could have sworn I had my 10-foot pole right here ...
The 10 foot pole is not where I thought it was.
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After smoking a pack of Camels a day for a dozen years, I gave it up in 1985.
The speaker was addicted to cigarettes.
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The one-day crash of '87, for example, reduced people's net worth by billions without directly reducing by as much as a single doughnut the amount of goods and services or the economy's ability to produce more of them.
The stock market crashed in 1987 and drastically lowered investor's net worth by billions of dollars.
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The pose and the prose of journalists have changed since Ben Hecht's The Front Page . Indeed, Hecht's reporters would have balked at being called journalists.
Journalists have changed over the years.
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Such a sudden collapse of so much mammary matter could possibly result in some kind of Hollywood black hole.
It is possible that a Hollywood black hole could result from this.
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Senate race in New York, but not before he had had a conversation with Johnson in which he admitted his own insecurities about making the race.
Johnson knew his insecurities about making the senate race in New York.
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News Quiz participants scorn not just electronic greeting cards, but all greeting cards as prepackaged expressions of sentiment for the emotionally illiterate.
News Quiz participants regard greeting cards as insincere.
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The Nixon Analogy: Why the Flytrap-Watergate comparison will backfire.
The Nixon comparison will backfire.
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Tim has not only been invited to interview at several bulge-bracket firms, he has been warmly received, even by those he lampooned.
Tim was quite accomplished, highly regarded, and qualified for the job.
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It concerns itself with something that matters--a million bucks--yet Regis' presence makes it frivolous.
Regis' presence makes a million bucks lack value and purpose.
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Maybe Wachtler writes cliches because prison has become cliche.
Wachtler is a writer who writes about overused topics.
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This seems like increasing liberalism, but it's only encroaching commerce, less a commitment to free speech than a determination to sell paper plates, cups, and napkins for kicky Fourth of July fun.
This approach focuses on commerce rather than free speech.
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Starr's goal--as Bruce Shapiro, in a perceptive anti-Starr Salon essay , recognizes--is most likely not to vindicate Willey but to unravel a presidential cover-up conspiracy.
Starr's goal is to unravel a conspiracy.
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The great historical novels are always about contemporary consciousness.
Contemporary consciousness is a popular topic for great historical novels.
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For all I know, some hockey fans go for the fights.
Hockey has fights
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And manufactured exports, initially based on low wages, are the only route we know for rapid economic development.
Rapid economic development is only achieveable through low wages and manufactored exports.
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If I really own my modem, then I must have an unqualified right to dial up anywhere, any time, and suck in whatever is out there to be sucked.
Owning your own modem has its advantages
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He winked broadly, then gave her a wide, rakish smile that lit her soul with excitement.
The man and women were smitten with each other
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Now it appears that he may have been simply assuring himself she really was dead, at least according to three of Wynette's daughters, who have filed a $50 million wrongful death suit against Richey and a doctor.
The Wynettes have 3 daughters
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Bradley, who has belittled Gore's microproposals (sprawl, traffic, etc.), will see his own self-proclaimed questioned.
Bradley is going to have to defend his own proposals.
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But Royko also challenged white Chicago's prejudices, skewering bigots who tried to keep a white couple that had adopted a black baby out of their neighborhood or a funeral parlor that didn't want to bury a black soldier killed in Vietnam.
Royko skewered bigots and challenged white Chicago's prejudices.
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It does not report whether he has sought the services of Catherine Oxenberg.
It's not known whether he tried to get help from Catherine Oxenberg.
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(Neither Toobin nor Random House returned my repeated calls.)
Toobin nor Random House returned calls.
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Quibbling that evil leaders are to blame, not the institution of government itself, is a pathetic evasion, reminiscent of an NRA bumper sticker that reads, Governments don't kill people, only criminal leaders kill people.
The speaker believes that the whole institution of government is rotten.
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The effort to convert won into dollars and other foreign currencies depressed the value of the won, despite the Korean government's efforts to sustain it by using its reserves.
The Korean government failed to keep the won valuable.
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A year ago, when News Quiz debuted, Slate was free.
Slate was free when news Quiz debuted.
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The lead essay bemoans the replacement of objective, authoritative, Walter Cronkite-style news by opinionated, entertaining talk.
The essay made it clear the person was unhappy about opinionated news replacing factual news.
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Second, we said that government does have a limited role in addressing the problem.
The government is not the sole authority on the issue
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Bennett is right to the extent that there's no excuse for telling falsehoods in the course of raising otherwise legitimate issues.
Bennett is a proponent for telli g the truth
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Consider just the Pell Grants for students who have already defaulted on past That one mistake cost $210 million.
Students have already defaulted on past Pell Grants.
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Broadly speaking, I agree with the points David Plotz makes in . Congress has the sole power to declare war, and a bipartisan Congress and the president have cheerfully ignored that clear constitutional fact.
Congress declares war, and a bipartisan Congress with the president ignored that constitutional fact.
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Hannah was recently spotted in New York wearing a hat with a star on it, while Kennedy was photographed elsewhere in the Big Apple wearing a T-shirt with--are you sitting down?
Hannah was spotted with a hat, while Kennedy was photographed in the Big Apple.
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Microsoft has used the image of its competitors' political influence to portray its own lobbying as self-defense.
Microsoft used lobbying in its own defense.
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Or he may You're in the wrong place.
Someone is not in the correct spot.
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The Flytrap investigation is the only part of Starr's work that America a) understands and b) actually cares about.
There is a Flytrap investigation.
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The governor claimed his wife low-balled only because she was embarrassed to confess to him how much she'd blown on clothes and jewelry.
His wife low-balled the governor because she was embarrassed.
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If she wants to write a sketch of her pencil box, I for one will gladly read it.
Reading a sketch of her pencil box will bring me great joy.
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Sam Johnson, R-Texas, has suggested that Clinton be court-martialed for his treatment of Paula Jones.
Sam Johnson, R-Texas, suggested that Clinton be court-martialed.
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Parcells has an addict's relationship with football.
Parcells is obsessed with football
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Schumer immediately countered by running the D'Amato commercial in New York City, labeling it the ad Al D'Amato doesn't want you to see.
Schumer's counter was to run the D'Amato commercial in New York City and labeling it as the ad Al D'Amato doesn't want you to see.
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Part of recognizing that Touch of Evil is a masterpiece means also recognizing that it's often suffocatingly unpleasant, and that Welles is working off his aggression for the vast, trash-movie audience that he hoped to attract.
Welles hoped to attract the vast, trash-movie audience.
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Read him his rights for what crime?
For what crime can we read him his rights?
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Lipinski's camp quickly unveiled her Web site and booked her on television talk shows.
Lipinski's camp had a website.
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And those few who've not yet plummeted to a fiery death possess so vivid a sense of their own mortality, that they'd instantly cancel Larry King. OK, look at it this If more congressmen and CNN executives rode the New York City subway, then trains, not planes, would suffer from unrelenting crowding, lack of privacy, i...
CNN executives and congressmen live in New York City.
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Not until that supremely attractive female butt crossed my radar in Nordstrom did I start to feel better.
The woman in Nordstrom had a supremely attractive butt.
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He and Els were on the 17 th green, tied at 4 under.
He and Els were tied
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If I lose, then it's a reflection on the whole family.
If I lose it's a reflection on the family
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Analysts consider Jiang a clumsy weakling compared with Deng, and are debating whether 1) he will continue Deng's reforms or return to authoritarianism and 2) he can consolidate power or will be outmaneuvered by rivals.
Analysts are debating whether he can consolidate power or whether he will be outmaneuvered by rivals.
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The headline over the NYT 's online version doesn't mention the homosexual angle, while the WP 's headline--FRANCE LEGALIZES GAY UNIONS--doesn't mention the heterosexual angle.
The WP's headline doesn't mention the heterosexual angle.
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Some might even take a sketchpad instead, or a paperback volume of Homer.
Some might even take a sketchpad instead.
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It's the most prestigious, appearing as it does in the premier book review in the country.
It appeared in the premier book review in the country.
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notion of divine sanction for democratic values.
Democrats and Republicans hold different values.
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The Seagram Co. expanded plans to advertise liquor on television, defying President Clinton's plea to honor the half-century-old voluntary ban.
Clinton is against liquor being advertised on television.
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Clinton claims to have known nothing about the Chinese plans.
Clinton professes to have known nothing about the Chinese plans.
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Wore a rag on his head.
His head was covered.
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That's not an irrefutable disproof that discrimination exists, but it's at least a calculation that needs to be taken seriously.
Discrimination exists, and needs to be taken seriously.
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Another favorite Republican cause is the Small Business Administration, which exists to make loans to companies that banks deem nonviable.
Small businesses benefit from Republican ideas.
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Instead, the cost of computer gear is falling precipitously, and affordable bandwidth--the measure of data transmission--is growing at an exponential rate.
The rise of affordable bandwih is rising while the cost of computer tech is falling.
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When the American diplomat who supervises the international peace monitors in Kosovo accused Serb police of the massacre, the Yugoslav (i.e.
The American diplomat in Kosovo accused Serb police of the massacre.
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With a little luck, by the time I contract a fatal disease, I'll already be dead.
The author will die any time now.
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Evans & Novak took a holiday, too, with an inconsequential visit from guest Art Buchwald.
Evans and Novak took a vacation.
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I am surprised, Richard, that you find Faludi's characterizations of the male crisis to fit the British profile.
The author is interested in Faludi's character
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As she has become more self-sufficient, she has become more interesting.
Her self sufficiency has made her more interesting.
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It's not commerce that rules in Hollywood.
Commerce is not above Hollywood.
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The vote on Proposition 227 is evidence of the public will, says Gigot--the people reject screwy ideas such as bilingual education.
Gigot says the vote on Proposition 227 is evidence of the public will.
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(Saint Johnswort makes your skin sensitive to sunlight.)
Saint Johnswort can make your skin sensitive to sunlight.
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good after-school programs, lots of computers, smaller classes, and higher standards for teachers.
Smaller classes, and higher standards for teachers were mentioned.
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The reason for their A national test could be embarrassing and disprove claims of improvement based on other, less-than-neutral testing regimes.
The reason for their A national test could disprove claims of improvement and be embarassing.
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Mind you, not just something wrong, but something that would separate you from God and send you to hell if death came before confession.
It is possible to do something that would separate you from God and send you to hell if death came before confession.
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Aside from pure anti-Jesuit animus, this nuance probably arose from the work of some 17th-century Jesuit theologians who imperfectly employed a method known as casuistry in resolving questions of moral theology--an approach that gave the broadest possible leeway to individual behavior.
17th-century Jesuit theologians imperfectly employed a method known as casuistry in resolving questions of moral theology.
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but we kick it further-- the axe-man whispers run to the convict he beheads so the body for our delight
The axe man is a beheader.
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Since Restoration comedy, the normative couple--he the rake and she the one who will never, ever agree to marry anyone--find themselves in society ( office structure) at the highest levels and must prove themselves to one another by being bright, competent, and able to handle lesser people in their circle.
He's able to prove that he's like a fish out of water, though he's a lesser man, he's worth being involved with, and laughing at other lesser people with.
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The New York Times reported that HMOs, rationing, and other medical-insurance nightmares conjured up in 1994 by enemies of the Clinton health-care plan are coming to pass anyway.
The New York Times reported that HMOs are coming to pass.
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For example, the engineers of the battalion exposed to sarin showed no higher illness rates than others.
Military personnel showed little residual affects from exposure to sarin.
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The New Republic 's Jed Perl bashes the newly opened J. Paul Getty Museum, designed by Richard Meier, whose architecture, says Perl, only works in coffee-table books.
Jed Perl does not like the architecture of the J. Paul Getty Museum
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Chances are that if you know she's running around, it's likely your brother does, too.
She's running around, and it's likely your brother knows.
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But the most affecting act is the kaddish , the statement of mourning that a son says on the death of his father.
When the head of the family passes, the son leads kaddish, renewing and expressing his love like the tide rolling in.
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Henceforth, as Tucker sees it, Monet searched for a more private and less jingoistic tie to the French landscape and discovered it in the multiple layers of his own water garden.
Monet retreated to his garden for inspiration.
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He appeared on every network Tuesday night to insist that the Bush brothers and other victorious Republican governors such as George Pataki (New York), John Rowland (Connecticut), Tommy Thompson (Wisconsin), and John Engler (Michigan) were conservatives.
George Pataki and John Rowland were victorious Republican governors
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The act also ends long-standing rules against cross-ownership in broadcasting.
The act forbids cross ownership.
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As an alternative to my approach, in which the growth in Holocaust memory is to be explained by the contemporary purposes it serves, you suggest a focus on the Jewish tradition of remembering catastrophes.
Memory of the Shoah serves two purposes.
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I have never seen a trial before where you had factual disputes where you didn't have witnesses where you could watch their demeanor on the stand, listen to them, judge one witness vs. another witness (DeWine).
A trial had witnesses on the stand
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(No longer will our penises remain flaccid and We will get laid.
Our penises will no longer remain flaccid.
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(The study centered on where you are likely to find women starting new careers after being publicly humiliated by their husbands.)
Women are the target audience for this particular study.
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Half of them die within five years of diagnosis.
Within five years after diagnosis half of them will die
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Cagney's charisma launched what looks, decades later, like the most enduring film style of all.
Cagney gave us what we now except as stylish cinema.
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The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times withhold the story from their first editions but include it on Page One of the home-delivery editions.
The Washington Post includes the story on Page One
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Yardley's conclusions don't add up to much in any conventional biographical sense, and he admits as much in his [Exley] lived on another planet, if not in another universe.
Yardley admits his conclusions don't add up to much
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What does this calendar tell us about the Spice Girls?
The author questions the relation to a British pop group.
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Jenkins hasn't quite figured out how to shape her narrative, which is full of episodes that are there because they actually happened but that don't have a payoff.
Her narrative is full of episodes that happened but don't have a payoff
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I went to high school with Fred Fournier, and believe me there's nothing to admire.
Fred Fournier has nothing to admire.
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