Word: bents
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...role 180 degrees from his typical July 4 weekend fare. Director Redford, no stranger to mystical sports dramas himself (The Natural), decided to give Smith and Damon a chance after deciding that he and Morgan Freeman, the original stars, were too old. The buzz is iffy-the mystical bent of the whole Bagger Vance character has audiences commenting on the film's overall "Touched By An Angel" type of feeling...
...premise comes straight from the comic book: Professor Charles Xavier leads a group of superpowered mutants against the evil forces of Magneto, a mutant bent on destroying humanity. Amidst the persecution of a society that fears and hates them, the X-Men seek the allegiance of a new mutant named Wolverine, who must make a choice. Does he choose Xavier's idealistic dream of a peaceful co-existence between humanity and mutantkind, or does he opt for Magneto's vision of a world in which mutants replace humans on top of the evolutionary ladder? Translating a comic book onto...
...capable, all that will burn away. Sometimes when she speaks, she acknowledges, "It's like the fire falls, and the Lord just pours out," as happened with the prophet Elijah. "If a man walks in the door," at the revivals, she asks, "why should we get all bent out of shape?" Addressing the ladies of Raleigh, she invokes John 20, where Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene at his tomb. "Jesus is telling Mary, a woman, to go tell his disciples, 11 men, her personal testimony with the risen Christ, and to give out his message," declaims Lotz. "When people have...
...were standing near the back entrance of University Hall. Peering through the basement window into the Harvard Prize Office, I saw a man bent over a typewriter. I went over to the window and tapped on the glass. Eventually he saw me, fiddled with some levers and pulleys and cracked open the window...
...high oil prices (which have risen as a result of supply shortages, not an irrational demand). We are living out Paul Simon's prophetic song that celebrates the joy of being Born at the Right Time. We can continue to do so, absent a rogue Fed chairman bent on creating a "visible" hand in free markets--his own. It is time for the Fed to allow an economic expansion that could do wonders to eliminate poverty and level the playing field for all participants. JOHN STUBBS Washington...