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Israel is just one stop on the future Republican candidate's tour as part of the Senate Armed Services Committee. After Israel, where he met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert - and to the chagrin of the Palestinians, only spoke on the telephone to President Mahmoud Abbas - he flies on to the United Kingdom and France...
...improbable as the advice he dispenses to his insecure classmates. This counseling includes the gem: “Sometimes people say things and mean something else.” As might be expected, Charlie soon becomes a kind of mythic school hero, much to the chagrin of his principal, Mr. Gardner. Gardner (Robert Downey Jr.) is the lone dynamic character of the film. Downey plays the role so well that his double dislike of Charlie—both for upsetting his school and for pursuing his daughter Susan (Kat Dennings)—is palpable. Yelchin’s Charlie...
...nominees were announced.Among several disappointments, including the snubs of “American Gangster” and “Into the Wild,” were four nominations the horrible movie that everyone so desperately loves, little miss “Juno.” To my complete chagrin, it got nods for best picture, actress (the annoying Ellen Page), director, and screenplay.I had woken up fairly early to see the results, but quickly got back into bed after having my entire day ruined. I lay there thinking, “Why am I the only person that hates...
...Jean-Marc Lech, co-president of the Ipsos polling agency, calls it "a sentimental disappointment." The French, he says, feel "chagrin that promises made aren't being respected," and that has made Sarkozy fair game on all fronts. "If he'd boosted economic growth, increased purchasing power and decreased unemployment, as promised, he could do whatever he wanted in his private life with absolute impunity," says Lech. "The problem is he's not delivering on anything. Now people wonder if he really knows how to turn things around...
...effort for this policy. While no women seem to be complaining about the change, some students in possession of a Y chromosome are less than thrilled. One bro looking to buff up, D. Adam J. Moss ‘10, was turned away from the gym, much to his chagrin. “I wasn’t given a reason why, so I felt like I was being unnecessarily excluded. They’re commandeering a community space.” Negative feelings towards this policy are aggravated by the fact that the two-hour slots occur during what...