Word: abruptly
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...said the ideal solution would be to end the war on drugs and use the money to create a drug treatment entitlement. But he did not come out in favor of unrestricted legalization, fearing the possibility that an abrupt legalization could further destabilize inner city communities...
Unbreakable is enjoyable to watch, although the beginning is rather slow. Shyamalan spends too much time introducing his characters and having them contemplate their relative situations before bringing them anywhere. The ending of the movie, in contrast, is too abrupt, and out of context with the rest of the film. The surprise of the ending, like other aspects of the film, is very obviously foreshadowed moments before it happens, which detracts from the emotional shock. Perhaps Unbreakable would have benefited from additional editing or a different director, because Shyamalan is unable to convey the point of his script...
...culture ill prepares us for retirement--and the abrupt end of daily interaction with people who share a collective enterprise with us--but there are ways to continue meaningful communal activity. "The media's appeal to the self-interest of older people by saying 'Now's the time to play golf, have good sex, go on a cruise' is demeaning," says Msgr. Charles Fahey, professor of aging studies at Fordham University in New York City. "Friendships occur within the context of doing significant things, pursuing visions and dreams...
...minute before, these two were praying in the midday heat--one at al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest shrine in Islam, and the other 100 yards away at the Western Wall, revered by Jews as the place of prayer closest to the site of their biblical temple. That abrupt transformation from worship to violence--it occurred in a flash last Friday--is sparked by the power that emanates from the place Jews call the Temple Mount and Arabs know as Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary. These 35 acres, blocked in by ancient walls and topped by the glittering...
Derek Lowe characterized the Red Sox as one "big dysfunctional family." After witnessing the Everett saga, he never seemed more right. This season has not been pretty--from starting pitchers' anger about being pulled early by Williams to the abrupt departures of Mike Stanley and Jeff Frye. But Duquette reached a new low by publicly backing one of his players over his manager...