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Later in the film, the three protagonists discuss the meaning of silence while seated in a nightclub cafe. "How long is one minute of silence?" Franz wonders aloud. And in response, the narrator/director cuts the sound off, leaving us to our own thoughts...
...Most accused of all were her constant pursuers: the "ever-present paparazzi," who turned Diana into "the most hunted person of the modern age." The Earl, who pointedly withdrew the invitations of six British tabloid editors yesterday, wondered aloud why her "good intentions were sneered at by the media." Though in the end, when he came to the "small mercies" of his loss, Spencer dropped his sword ? and simply reminded us of all the humanity that is not apparent on the cover of a newspaper...
...will reject an international treaty on global warming unless the developing world signs on as well. Appeals by a data-spouting Undersecretary of State Timothy Wirth for industrialized countries to lead the way in combatting the planet's "most important environmental challenge" fell on deaf ears as senators wondered aloud what was the point of a treaty that lets sizeable carbon dioxide-guzzlers such as China continue to pollute at will. The Administration plans to present its strategy at an international climate conference in Japan next year, but by that time, its agenda for climactic change could undergo some changes...
...letter addressed to Associate Provost Dennis S. Thompson but sent to Rudenstine and other top political theorists, Johns Hopkins University Chair of Political Science William E. Connolly, who was once Honig's academic advisor, wonders aloud whether "back-channel communications" unduly influenced the decision on Honig's tenure...
...network executives were hateful, horrible people who should be shot on sight," says Tarses with a smile. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley suburb of Woodland Hills, where her parents kept her safely aloof from the show-biz scene. But her dad liked to read his scripts aloud at the dinner table and discuss his shows with the family. "It was more in the context of Dad's work," she says, "not the television business...