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...just back from South America's remote Paradise Falls with the bones of a prehistoric bird. Denounced as a fraud by archaeologists, Muntz vows to retrieve a member of the species and bring it back alive. In the audience, wearing aviator goggles atop his thick-rimmed specs, is young Carl Fredricksen, who is enthralled by Muntz's motto, "There's adventure out there...
...home, Carl finds a kindred spirit: a girl named Ellie (voiced by Docter's young daughter Elie), as vivacious as he is stolid, who harbors the same dream of visiting Paradise Falls. It's love at first sight, and in a tender montage, Up shows us their life together: the wedding, the fixing up of their home, the quiet walks, their respective jobs at the local zoo (she tending the animals, he selling balloons), their eager preparations for a child they later learn they can't have, their need to defer the big trip to pay for home improvements, then...
...Motors' new CEO, Fritz Henderson, are expected stand alongside Obama at the White House on Tuesday when the President makes his announcement, signaling their support. "It will establish a single national standard that will provide predictability and certainty for the auto companies in meeting regulations," said Democratic Michigan Senator Carl Levin in a statement...
...well. In the Saxon heartland, where the local economy had strong roots going back to before World War II, Dresden has turned itself into a world center for semiconductors, Leipzig has attracted automakers including BMW and Porsche, and Jena has successfully built on the reputation of its optical firm, Carl Zeiss. But for the most part, eastern Germany is still far from resembling the "blossoming landscapes" that former Chancellor Helmut Kohl predicted back in 1990. True, living standards have soared thanks to the cash infusions, giving easterners more than 80% of the purchasing power of their western compatriots. But even...
...Crist were to become vice president, he'd leave Tallahassee with virtually no footprints. He would be remembered more for his tan than for his leadership." - Novelist Carl Hiassen, in a Miami Herald column on Crist's potential VP candidacy (The Miami Herald, June...