Word: box
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...notion that the U.S. suffers from "race fatigue." America may be tired, but Steele seems exhausted. He now reminds us blacks why we view his analysis as suspect and influenced by self-hate. Steele seems desperate to transfer his racial baggage to Obama. Steele places him in a racial box and then explains to us why he belongs there, refusing to accept that Obama can authentically view himself as an individual who happily lives his life as a black man embracing the American Dream. Steele's simplistic labels ("bargainers" and "challengers") disregard the subtleties we employ to navigate...
...Line's tough last couple of years at the box office has also magnified the studio's need for a sure hit like The Hobbit. Shaye and Lynne's latest attempt to recreate the box office magic of Rings, the fantasy adaptation The Golden Compass, underperformed, with $25 million at the box office its opening weekend...
...role on the big screen. After three years of legal wrangling and public sniping, director Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached an agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings blockbuster trilogy that made nearly $3 billion at the box office and earned 17 Oscars. The Hobbit is Tolkien's most accessible and popular book, a fairy tale about the reluctant adventurer Baggins, who embarks on a trip with 13 dwarves and the wizard Gandalf...
...time or imagination to squeeze in massage therapy. Further research, perhaps showing that massage can shorten patients' hospital stays or reduce their analgesics use, may prompt hospitals to include massage more routinely in patient care. In the meantime, patients who want the health industry to think outside the box have to say so: If patients demand massage, Hinshaw says, "hospitals will listen...
...effect on the vote. "I don't think it will change the outcome of the election," says Paik Haksoon, a senior fellow at the Sejong Institute, a Seoul-based think tank. However, he adds, "it could lower support for Lee significantly." Assuming Lee wins at the ballot box, it's possible he could still face a criminal investigation; while the constitution prohibits the prosecution of a sitting President for any crime other than treason, it makes no mention of a President-elect. The probe into Lee's BBK ties is scheduled to finish before the inauguration...