Word: caved
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...went to the diagonally opposite side of the world, Argentina, where the Andes would stunt-double for the Himalayas. This time, says Annaud, the Chinese tried pressuring the governor of the Argentine province of Mendoza. When he refused to cave, Annaud says, China put pressure on the Argentine government, which said thanks, but we can make our own policy on lucrative location shoots. The film was finally shot in Argentina, Chile, England, Austria and British Columbia. But the ruckus made Annaud a semiofficial Enemy of the People's Republic. "I am supposedly banned from China," he notes. Friends have seen...
...shadows, borrowing judiciously from film noir past and present, whether through atmosphere or little tricks like light beams through bullet holes in a door a la "Blood Simple." Fortunately, unlike distant cousins like "The Usual Suspects" (which tortures us with things like cross-fades from coffee cups to cave mouths), it's all very bearable and, more importantly, very enjoyable...
...wasn't long before humor began to erode into resentment. When the last doorknob came off in our hands, and then when the ceiling in one of the bedrooms began to cave in, we started plotting our revenge against Derrick. After all, if Derrick and his roommates hadn't felt obligated to comply with the lease (which had actually demanded a maid service), why should we? We decided that it was our mission to trash Derrick's house before we left. But we would do it with a bit of subtlety...
ROME: Fifty-four years after a massacre in an Italian cave, two former Nazi S.S. officers have finally been found guilty. Former SS captain Erich Priebke, nearly 84, checked off the names of the 335 men and boys as they were led to slaughter. On Tuesday, a Roman court ordered him to serve five years of a 15-year term. His co-defendant, former S.S. Maj. Karl Hass, 84, who shot at least two of the victims, was given a suspended 10-year, eight-month sentence and allowed to go free. The two were convicted despite Italy's 30-year...
Roberts is positively gleeful that he didn't cave in earlier to shareholder pressure to ease some of Comcast's $7.3 billion debt in the face of what seemed to be declining returns and increasing competition. "People thought satellites would come and wipe out cable," says Roberts. "We thought that if we provided good service and lots of channels, and later offered digital service, we would have a whole new business." And it doesn't hurt one bit that Bill Gates has the very same vision...