Word: avoidance
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...Conyers says the evidence raises "serious questions" about the U.S. Attorney in the Siegelman case, who, documents show, continued to involve herself in the politically charged prosecution long after she had publicly withdrawn to avoid an alleged conflict of interest relating to her husband, a top GOP operative and close associate of Bush adviser Karl Rove. Conyers' letter also cites evidence of numerous contacts between jurors and members of the Siegelman prosecution team that were never disclosed to the trial judge or defense counsel...
...human. The audience will leave seeing a bit of humanity in them.RR: Do you have any advice for President-elect Barack Obama’s bodyguards so that the plot of assassinations ends here?SLL: I hope it does, or they’d have to rewrite the play. Avoid crazy people is a good start.RR: Have you avoided crazy actors?SLL: I wish. They’re crazy in a good way.RR: Who really shot JFK?SLL: I don’t know. I think it’s one of those crazy stories.Steven A. Travierso...
...Swarup into a structurally fascinating screenplay, but the film’s overarching influence seems to be Charles Dickens. Dickens’s London has given way to Mumbai, an overpopulated city torn between poverty and globalization. Jamal and Salim are a regular Oliver and Artful Dodger. They narrowly avoid danger at every turn and face down caricatured villains like Maman (Ankur Vikal), a creepy Michael Jackson look-alike who profits from the money his orphans bring in from the streets.The difference between the orphans in “Oliver Twist” and those in “Slumdog?...
...Obama seems determined to avoid the mistakes of Bill Clinton's chaotic transition in 1992, which helped set the stage for what turned out to be a rocky first year in office. Whereas Clinton put most of his early efforts into picking a diverse Cabinet that he said would look like America - and required three attempts to come up with a female Attorney General - Obama will initially focus on building his White House operation, much as Ronald Reagan did in 1980. Cabinet appointments are likely to begin coming by the end of the month, which is still early by recent...