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...same poise. She recently survived the indie movie Hounddog, a heaping plate of refried Southern Gothic (known at Sundance as "the Dakota Fanning rape movie") in which she plays another backwoods unfortunate who says in the first scene, "I'm gonna kill my daddy one day." Bees is, by comparison, a pleasant stroll in the Carolina woods...
Thorns lurk in some bouquets. A columnist for Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung drew parallels between the famously moody Brown and the "sociopath" Churchill. However provocative, the comparison is apt: that just as war allowed Churchill to shine, so does the economic crisis play to Brown's strengths...
Meanwhile, rising prices have been at the root of Garcia's exceptionally low popularity, with his approval ratings in the capital Lima falling to 23% in mid-October, his lowest since taking office in July 2006. (As a point of comparison, George Bush has an approal rating of 24%.) The corruption and terrorism headlines may force Garcia's popularity down further. All in spite of Peru's booming economy. "I would not be surprised if Garcia dropped to 10%. Peru is certainly not in bad shape, it just seems that way to many people because we can't get Garcia...
...Then we were so much younger than the 25th reunion class,” he said. “Now we’re so much younger than the 50th reunion class—but Harvard keeps them away so that we cannot enjoy the comparison...
...pipeline is far from a sure thing, however, and the first cubic foot of North Slope gas years from production. Nevertheless, Irwin said, whatever quick help could have been provided from gas now headed for foreign markets pales by comparison...