Word: casted
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...meeting, I thought that Senator Obama would be a great candidate for the presidency if he ever ran. And, as you can imagine, I was delighted when I saw on the news a couple of months later that he was launching his bid for the presidency. I intend to cast my vote for Senator Barack Obama if he wins the nomination for the Democratic party and my reasons have less to do with his eloquence on the campaign trail or his African heritage, than with his willingness not simply to talk the talk, but walk the walk when it comes...
...when you’re in the editing room, you aren’t nailed down to the actual script,” Ferrell said. This sort of comedic creativity gives the film a spur-of-the-moment feel. “You try to take advantage of the cast, and that’s why you cast people like Will Arnett,” Ferrell said, rolling his eyes at his costar. “That’s why we try to have this great ensemble of people who are comfortable with improvising and hopefully that leads...
...me’ kind of figure.” Wright was also motivated to bring this play to the stage as soon as possible because a big-budget film version, starring Meryl Streep and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, is slated to debut this December. She maintains that the undergraduate cast and unique venue provide artistic possibilities that Hollywood simply can’t offer. “I think the actors themselves set this production apart. Being in the Ex, which is kind of a representation of the versatility and openness to change of this production, it?...
...embodied by the Prime Minister and the national parliament - the right to remove a provincial governor from office. That did not sit well with one of the most important regional power blocs in Iraq and its representative on the Presidential Coucil, which must sign off on all prospective laws, cast a veto, declaring the bill unconstitutional and sending it back to parliament for adjustment...
...consternation, you may ask? Isn't that the nature of most legislative processes in democracies? As with anything in Iraq, there was a lot more to this veto than a quibble about constitutional law. The dissenting vote on the Presidential Council was cast by Vice President Adel Abdul-Medhi whose Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC) is the Shi'a power bloc with relatively closer ties to the U.S. than the rival party run by Shi'ite strongman Moqtada al-Sadr, who leads the contentious, trigger-happy Mahdi Army. Abdul-Medhi said that the Provincial Powers law contravened the constitutional right...