Word: brutalize
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...they face the c?hallenges of adult life. "It was so wonderful getting together again that I think the same enthusiasm shines through," says De France. Yet her own tastes lie elsewhere: "American and French cinema are wonderfully creative and entertaining, but they lack the hard-edged, at times brutal messages, themes and humor of northern cinema culture." She says she'd love to make such films for directors like Denmark's Lars von Trier, Britain's Ken Loach or fellow Belgians (and brothers) Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne - a move that could extend the appeal of De France well beyond...
...Dimmer Glimmer CHECHNYA Rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov's declaration of a unilateral truce earlier this month brought a ray of hope in the brutal 10-year war with Russia. Maskhadov said he wanted to start peace talks with the Kremlin and involve the international community in negotiating an end to the fighting. Thus far, Russian President Vladimir Putin has remained silent, sparking fears of fresh terrorist attacks when the truce expires...
...biggest risks. He put his marker down 16 months ago when he announced that Kodak would cut dividends, slash investments in its film business--and milk its declining profits to fund $3 billion worth of acquisitions and investments crucial to the digital transformation. The market response was swift and brutal: Kodak's stock price plunged 18% that day to a 20-year low. Carp followed up with a plan to eliminate nearly a quarter of the company's 64,000-person work force by 2006. Still, Wall Street analysts doubted that Kodak, with its legacy culture and reputedly ossified management...
...Iraqi election of a 275-member National Assembly was neither a bloodbath nor a farce: It was widely participated in and is about as legitimate an election as one can expect in a country that was, until recently, a brutal totalitarian dictatorship. The turnout, which was expected by many pessimists to come in under 30 percent, was ultimately comparable to the turnout in our most recent election. That so many of these recently suppressed citizens flocked to the polls with such enthusiasm is a powerful reminder of the value of the elective franchise...
Briski, who is almost as much the film's subject as the children are, is seen arranging interviews for them at schools that offer opportunities to leave the brothels. But the mothers are not universally encouraging about escape. They seem to believe that this brutal, poverty-stricken life is all their offspring deserve...