Word: bombastes
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...Clichy-sous-Bois on the edge of Paris. "What we're doing is massive: attacking decades-old problems in housing, unemployment, education, exclusion - you name it!" adds the Minister. Borloo calls his policy package a "Marshall Plan for the banlieues," and its scale and ambition almost justify the bombast. Since joining the government in 2002, his efforts have mobilized over €35 billion in funding to rebuild or renovate France's most troubled housing projects. In 2005 alone, ground was broken for construction of over 340,000 new and restored housing units. The Minister has also launched new employment-training...
...terminating in a foreboding quiver. In a fantastic back-and-forth between the strings’ woodwinds, Yannatos led the orchestra seamlessly between moods, in a progressive build that highlighted the orchestra’s flutes.Perhaps most impressive was the orchestra’s ability to avoid the maudlin bombast typically endemic of Wagner. From the almost minimalist interchange between the orchestra’s components to the gorgeous emotion evident on the performers’ faces during the mountainous crescendos, no musical phrase was left incomplete, and no thought left unfinished. Yannatos and HRO exhibited a striking ability...
...American hosts. The scenes between Hasan and Sayeed’s sister Duri (Nandana Sen) are especially powerful. Sen’s performance in these scenes demands special notice: she conveys compassion, yearning, and confusion with the poise of a true ingénue. Without resorting to bombast or histrionics, she commands absolute attention in every frame. Akhtar rises to Sen’s level—his face becomes contorted with desire and fear whenever they share the screen. These scenes make it clear that “War”’s title refers as much...
After months of brainless Hollywood bombast, you can look not for bigger films but for smarter ones. The romance novels of summer are beach litter now; time to buckle down to nonfiction. TV may be ready to take off its dancing shoes and take on weighty subjects-like a Chris Rock sitcom that defuses racism by exploding...
After months of brainless Hollywood bombast, you can look not for bigger films but for smarter ones. The romance novels of summer are beach litter now; time to buckle down to nonfiction. TV may be ready to take off its dancing shoes and take on weighty subjects--like a Chris Rock sitcom that defuses racism by exploding...