Word: bastardizes
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Despite the attempts by the church to put its house in order, the underlying attitude of denial still makes it difficult for victims of sexual abuse to come forward. "Twenty years ago that bastard raped me," grieves a tormented O'Gorman, "and I am still now forced to be in a position where I have to fight to get somebody to acknowledge what they did or didn't do. It's not good enough." Given the opportunites that church has had in the past to deal with priestly crimes, there is the suspicion that it is only the lawyers' intervention...
...unique relationship with each of her two sisters through the establishment of a history of hushed conversations overheard through Calcutta doors. Into this mixture she stirs a mystery: an uninvited guest arrives one day and claims that he is Tara’s oldest sister’s bastard son. This possible imposter sends Tara on a search that leads her to discover the uninvited and unknown within her own past. The journey allows Tara to unmask the characters of her personal play—her parents, her sisters, her son, and, eventually, herself...
...proud son of a one-term President, could there be a more humbling path to power than this? The candidate with the perfect bloodlines comes to office amid charges that his is a bastard presidency, sired not by the voters but by the courts. You could almost see the weight of it, the regret and relief and resolve, when Bush rose last Wednesday night with tears in his eyes and promised, "I will work to earn your respect," all but admitting it does not just come with the job when you win this way. But could anyone possibly use this...
...time fixing things around the firehouse, was laid to rest twice--once with no casket and again after rescuers turned up his body. Finally, they honored the longest-serving man in the firehouse, Rich Kelly, who had spent the past two years slimming down on a "fat bastard" diet that prohibited him from eating greasy firehouse food...
Whether you want to call it a trilogy, “two sequels and an epilogue” or two brilliant brothers and a bastard child, The Godfather trilogy’s cultural import cannot be overstated. With Nino Rota’s haunting score, Coppola’s deft storytelling, Gordon Willis’ exquisite cinematography and any number of superlative cast performances, the first two films are as close to pitch-perfect filmmaking as any ensemble has ever attempted. However, woe betide the one who actually decides to play the DVD to Part...