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...this unpredictability, this sense of mayhem and inventiveness, that keeps Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby on track and always gaining momentum. That - and director Adam McKay's skill in mixing up Ferrell's shtick with a strong supporting cast, keeping the vehicle from bogging down amid Ricky Bobby's immature tirades and boyish antics.For those who loved Ferrell's arrogant newsman in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, also directed by McKay, here Ferrell again struts about, proclaiming in a later scene that his nickname "El Diablo" means "fighting chicken," much as he explained in Anchorman that...
...sorties over south Lebanon for 48 hours, give residents 24 hours safe passage to get out of the areas of intensive bombardment and allow humanitarian aid convoys to enter and distribute food, water and medical supplies. Israeli agreement to the limited suspension came late in the evening. Rice spokesman Adam Ereli, not the Israelis, made the announcement. Hours later, the Israeli military attacked targets in southern Lebanon. Rice said those sorties did not violate the promise because "they tell us it was close air support for forces that were being engaged (and bombing in defense of Israeli ground troops...
...have been given a "green light" by the U.S. to fight on, and by virtue of the fact that when a 48-hour suspension of certain Israeli air operations was declared in response to the Qana tragedy, the announcement came not from the Israelis but from State Department spokesman Adam Ereli. Clearly, the U.S. is feeling pressure to retreat from its insistence that an immediate cease-fire would be detrimental. But in dealing for a truce, however, here's why the U.S. has a weaker than expected hand...
...took to write a book, with no current relevance. A half-century later, people may be puzzled by his impact, and the society that devoured or derided his work. (Trust me: 50 years from now some aged critic will be asked to explain the long-ago popularity of Adam Sandler. Good luck.) That may explain why Spillane's death didn't make the front page of the New York Times...
...said. “He found your wallet.” The next thing I knew, I was knocking on a door in suburban New Jersey. Out came a smiling man who glowed with warmth in the brisk night air. “You must be Adam!” he exclaimed as he squeezed my hand, “Come in!” I felt like I was being invited into the house of an old friend. He led me to his living room and handed me the little leather square that contained my life. When I opened...