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That's the appeal of 3:10 to Yuma, which opened Sept. 7 and was the box-office champ of its first weekend. Like the 1957 film, it's about Dan Evans (Bale), a family man on a failing farm who lost a leg in the Civil War. He sees a payday, and a chance for redemption in his son's eyes, by escorting the killer Ben Wade (Crowe) to justice. Screenwriters Michael Brandt and Derek Haas have opened up the action to include a trek in which Wade outsmarts or just kills most of his captors; and there...
...anyone explain why the lunch that we media in the press box so dearly rely on to survive the three-and-a-half-hour games was conspicuously missing during halftime? They may tell you it was because of a delivery faux pas, but you know what they say: don’t trust everything they tell...
...pizza finally did arrive—after a good three quarters, mind you—but by that time, half of the press box was almost frozen, thanks to the open windows and the steady drizzle that blew into our faces and onto our computers. Why didn’t we close them...
...majority," said Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a conservative lawmaker. "But the size of the majority will not affect how effective our government will be." New Democracy held 165 of the 300 seats in the outgoing parliament. Karamanlis, who describes himself a "compassionate conservative," called for an early trip to the ballot box ahead of the August wildfires, seeking a fresh mandate for crucial social and economic changes. With 20 percent of the nation's households living below the poverty level, or less than $16,000 a year, Greeks ranks among the European Union's poorest members...
...post World War II minister - Fukuda earned a reputation for calm competency that should appeal to a public and a party still shocked by the utter disintegration of Abe's administration. But it seems far less likely that Fukuda will be able to help the LDP at the ballot box. (Legislative elections aren't scheduled until 2009, but with the opposition empowered by its recent win, early polls seem inevitable.) Clever and even cutting in person, Fukuda was always happy to give candid assessments of his LDP rivals, albeit off the record. However, the Diet veteran has zero charisma...