Word: bangs
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...Stateside release that I know about. In fact, few spaghetti Westerns beyond the Leones were released here. Americans stuck with the Duke through True Grit and patronized the anti-Westerns of Sam Peckinpah (notably The Wild Bunch) and Robert Altman (McCabe & Mrs. Miller, another snowy oater). And then, bang, the genre was dead. The setting, the pace, the moral stakes all seemed so very 19th century. When the Western is periodically revived, it's not from popular demand but from the antique obsessions of powerful filmmakers...
...best way to avoid the fate of sellers who watch their property languish (the average sell time is eight to 10 weeks) is to hit the field with a bang; the house should look sharp (fresh paint, fresh flowers) and be priced to move. "People used to try a higher price and see what happened," says Realtor Judy Moore, based in Lexington, Mass. "Today, when the buyer has so many choices, you don't want to sit on the market for 30 days and then reduce your price. That buyer is long gone...
Kulsoom Nawaz, Sharif?s wife, has said that she will return to Pakistan to lead the fight. Is she not worried about the same treatment as her husband? Oh no, she is a very brave woman. Kulsoom is a very determined woman and she will return with a bang. She is not worried about anything. It is Musharraf who should be worried...
...fear that Burma's generals may very well keep up their repressive ways, as they did back in '88. In the meantime, Burma's underground activists are asking for continued resistance from the nation's embattled populace. The latest effort, slated for three evenings this month, instructs Burmese to bang on pots, pans and other metal objects at 7:02 p.m., 8:01 p.m. and 9 p.m. - all auspicious times that add up to the number nine so beloved by Burma's military brass. Organizers hope the cover of night will embolden more people to join the astrologically inspired noise...
...Keisha Castle-Hughes. Even if a festival goer doesn't like a movie at Toronto, it's possible to leave politely, says Jeffrey Wells, who blogs about movies on Hollywood-Elsewhere.com. "When you leave at Cannes, the seats are made in such a way that there's kind of a bang sound. Bang! A person's going," Wells says. Thumbs down, in other words...