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...Church of the Nativity, one of the world's oldest working churches, has never been an especially peaceful place. The holy men who run it--Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox and Roman Catholic clerics--bicker over who gets to clean which piece of sacred wall, who can walk in which aisle. The theft in 1847 of the silver star that was meant to mark the precise place where Jesus was born is thought to have helped start the Crimean War. Seized and besieged by a host of armies over the centuries, the church has even inspired bickering among scholars, who argue...
...Sanneh's take on the retro fringe, it's true that "critics bicker about exactly which bands the Strokes are ripping off - Television? The Modern Lovers? Silkworm? but no one denies that [their album] 'Is This It' pays tribute to a quarter-century of punk and post-punk." Only this leads to a faulty conclusion: "While some acts earn millions of fans by trying something new, the Strokes delight an elite audience with stylish nostalgia...
...take their seats. Estrada faces the bench from the front row, sagging in a monogrammed barong tagalog, his lips tugged down in a pout, his eyes slipping shut as his attorneys drone on. And he's right. It is tedious. Delay is the name of the game. The lawyers bicker back and forth over minor points, eating up the entire session. And then it's back to the hospital for another long evening. "When there are people here, I must try and appear to be happy," he says through a cloud of Lucky Strike smoke. "But, of course...
...attractive—may have top-billing, but she is merely an ornament to the plot; the outlaw band provides the real fun. Reiner’s Saul captures the weary, seasoned older guard while young upstart Mormon brothers Virgil and Turk Malloy (Casey Affleck and Scott Caan respectively) bicker constantly throughout and serve as comic foils to the rest of the crew. They are caricatures, but they are also depicted with unabashed glee, a homage to Rat Pack’s brazen, fraternizing spirit...
Seldom have we needed a Thanksgiving more than we do this year. Time for family and friends to gather around a groaning table, gorge, engage in heated political debate and bicker over whose stuffing recipe is, in fact, the all-time favorite. By the end of the week, two members of your extended family will no longer be speaking to one another, most likely a result of one insulting the other?s overly salty mashed potatoes...