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...Some of the supporting players aren't so diverting, particularly a Yiddish bubbe from Yonkers who's so grating that the severe physical punishment she takes (before rising to heroine status at the end) is almost welcome. But even here the filmmakers locate some saving wit. When she and her lethal purse are in a showdown with a jungle beast, on the soundtrack we hear Ennio Morricone's theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, but played by a Klezmer band. That's the peril and pleasure of vaudeville movies: You've got to stay alert...
...President. In 1992, Bill Clinton took his time choosing his staff, and he focused much of that time on the Cabinet, believing the White House staff to be secondary. His eventual selection of personal friends from Arkansas, like his first chief of staff, Mack McLarty, proved that Washington outsiders aren't so good at running Washington...
...they get back from vacation," he says. "That even happened to me personally." Despite what people may think, a relaxing week in an exotic locale isn't necessarily the antidote for a faltering relationship. "There's so much pressure to have a good time, and most people aren't used to spending 24 hours a day with their partner," Dobrenski points...
...They get bitter. They cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them.' BARACK OBAMA, on rural working-class voters. A blogger recorded the comment during a San Francisco fund raiser that excluded the press...
...danger to slip into the food chain. The government downplays or ignores the risks. When the problem becomes so big it can't be denied, leadership orders inspections and promises to punish wrongdoers. The new vigilance leads to other risky products being identified, but officials suggest the problems aren't systemic - just the work of a few bad eggs. The state tightens inspections on imports and finds a few tainted products from overseas, as if to say, "See, everyone has problems with food safety...