Word: burdens
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...scaled modest peaks, while the more ambitious works, depending on the individual response, either soared or crashed. Start at the top, with Volver. After two flat-out great films (All About My Mother and Talk to Her) and the crafty, corrosive Bad Education, Almodóvar carried a massive burden of expectations. To some, Volver was a marking of time between inspirations. To these eyes, it was a fully satisfying comedy-melodrama about the burden of motherhood, the power of sisterhood. Volver begins with a tracking shot through the cemetery in a Spanish village, as dozens of widows polish...
...security, but the GAO found no reason to bar foreign companies from making currency if they do so on U.S. soil. "Then, there's the four-year contract," Kolbe continues. "What company, with the capitalization costs it takes to get into this business, can take on such a financial burden...
...come, in a movie that manages to find a parcel of pity for Geremia without ever sentimentalizing him. Geremia knows his limitations; he says, "I don't believe in God. If He believed in me, he'd have made me a little more handsome." His ugliness is a burden he tries to bear with dignity, like the live-in millstone that is his mother. And in Rizzo's portrayal, Geremia becomes more than an ogre; he is any man who realizes that beauty is something that will never be given him. He must buy, steal or try to destroy...
...Sara Lopez works so hard, especially if she lives at home, which cuts down expenses. But Sara still has tuition and textbooks and car insurance and cell phone bills to pay. While her parents probably could cover it, Sara says "I don?t want to be a bigger burden than I already...
...House, has left Israel's political scene, his legacy has not. No matter what differences they may have, Israel and the U.S. will continue to coordinate their positions on all decisions that affect one another. And that means managing the next steps in the Israeli-Palestinian relationship is a burden they'll have to share...