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...usually much more worldwide, but his high price tag and off-putting offscreen antics led Paramount, his home studio, to sever relations last year. In addition to the dearth of action stars, there's the zeitgeist to contend with: in internationally edgy times, intimate comedy gives an audience more comfort than blow-up-the-world melodrama. So it's out with the musclemen, in with the funnymen...
...nothing wrong in the conversation. "The Attorney General has never attempted to influence or shape the testimony or public statements of any witness in this matter, including Ms. Goodling," said Justice spokesman Dean Boyd. "The statements made by the Attorney General during this meeting were intended only to comfort her in a very difficult period of her life...
...official campaign site traffic from the search behemoth, and the current most-searched-for Republican, Senator Fred Thompson, received over 47.5% of his traffic from Google. Contrast those numbers to Hillary Clinton's 21.6% and Barack Obama's 22.2%. Both Clinton and Obama can take some comfort in the fact that they have far more MySpace friends than their Republican counterparts. Clinton receives over 7.9% of her visits from the leading online social network while Obama trails at 3.9%. The only Republican candidate with a MySpace constituency is Congressman Ron Paul, who received over 5% of his traffic from...
...know which was more shocking, the article on the hellholes in Darfur or the parade of the "Best of Asia" spots in the next dozen pages. Reading about Darfur was most depressing, but when I turned the page and saw snowy ski slopes, hotels and bars, the comfort and enjoyment suddenly never felt more disgusting. Did you deliberately arrange to have the "Best of Asia" section come right after the Darfur article to induce guilt? I don't know whether to condemn or congratulate you, but I'm already reconsidering my annual vacation plan. Karson Chu, Hong Kong...
...highest standards and our human flaws will receive the same benefit of the doubt as do white people’s equally successful or equally flawed efforts. Indeed, no matter what we wear or how we act, others’ misrecognition remains, for us, a threat not only to comfort but also to life and limb...