Word: casted
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...want to make a comedy about guys who learn the true meaning of bromance on a horrible weekend in Vegas, but you can't spend a lot of money on talent. Which actors do you cast? The leading role of Phil, the smart, energetic audience surrogate, might have suited Jim Carrey or Vince Vaughn, so go with Bradley Cooper, who was Carrey's pal in Yes Man and Vaughn's preppie torturer in Wedding Crashers. Steve Carell would have been perfect for Stu, the amiable, henpecked dentist; but Ed Helms, Carell's cohort on The Daily Show and The Office...
...weeks earlier. The first orthopedist he saw went into a long talk about risks and benefits and scared him out of his wits. With a torn Achilles tendon, there are just two things to do: either sew it up (which means doing a small operation) or put a cast on with the foot flexed down. The cast treatment isn't as good - it won't restore normal power - but there are none of the risks of surgery (like scarring and infection). So he demanded an MRI, which he got, then called his internist to ask for another specialist...
...after a history turning down administrative posts, citing a desire to maintain her family life—a concern shared by Coates in taking his name out of consideration—Minow’s potential willingness to accept the position was cast into doubt by one professor...
...better communication and understanding. Similar themes are likely to be echoed in his Cairo speech: a call for dialogue and understanding that flows both ways, and which the Bush Administration, with its tin-eared visions of global transformation, sorely lacked. When Rice spoke in Egypt in 2005, she cast the democratic project as an American success story that would soon spread through the Arab world. "The day is coming when the promise of a fully free and democratic world, once thought impossible, will also seem inevitable," Rice promised the students...
...Between June 4 and 7, some 375 million Europeans will be entitled to cast votes to elect a new, 736-member Parliament. However, a survey earlier this year found that only 34% of eligible voters are likely to do so. This apathy spurs the rise of the mavericks: since most Europeans still do not know who their MEPs are or what they do, they use their votes instead to punish incumbents. (Read "Why So Few Care About the European Parliament Elections...