Word: closers
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...think she was aware of what was going on? I don't know, but I think she ignored a lot. I think sometimes people may suspect things and not look closer...
...certainly doesn't qualify as a breakthrough, but after months of deadlock and mutual recrimination, it appears the leaders of Israel and Palestine may be slowly getting closer to restarting peace talks. Word of creeping movement toward possible renewed negotiations arose from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Britain and Germany this week, sparking fragile hope - and guarded optimism...
...experience proved to be a personal awakening. "It makes you learn a lot about your own culture," she says from a brightly painted office in south New Delhi, "to understand discrimination, to understand equality, to learn how to respect differences." After Gopalan returned to India in 1994 to be closer to her aging parents, she started the Naz Foundation (India) Trust, one of the country's first HIV/AIDS groups. Well before India's economic boom or the push to decriminalize gay sex, the movement helped to introduce issues concerning sexual orientation and sexuality into India's public discourse. "The government...
Miyazaki's recent films have boasted an epic sweep, a teeming cast of characters and a two-hour-plus length that proved more daunting than endearing to some viewers. Ponyo is closer in tone to his kid-friendly '80s movies: Castle in the Sky, about a pair of orphans in pursuit of a floating island; My Neighbor Totoro, in which two girls meet some agreeable forest spirits; and Kiki's Delivery Service, about a 13-year-old witch who starts her own business. All are artistic triumphs and certified delights - close kin to Lasseter's CGI wizardry and Nick Park...
...Oggi is another entrant in the thin-crust category. It’s basically the Qdoba to the Upper Crust’s Chipotle—not quite as good (but good enough), and closer. You won’t go wrong eating here, but it won’t blow anyone out of the water...