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...around, feeling vaguely disconcerted, they stumble upon a Buddhist temple. Here, at last, they find a welcoming but totally foreign culture where "religion wasn't grim or judgmental, like my impressions growing up," as Neufeld notes. Suddenly relaxed, Neufeld opens up to the serendipitous nature of travel and feels content. Other adventures include the exploration of a vast cave, where he faces his mortality, and his appearance as an extra on the "New York" set of a Singapore soap opera, where he finds his own culture as the foreign...
...said we must stop the run against Brown and did not until the second half,” Murphy said. “Only time will tell with our defense, but certainly I believe that the first half against Brown was an aberration. I am not content at all with a bend but don’t break defense. We can and will become a defensive power in the league...
...long-term plans right now—and I feel that I should take advantage of them. My classes are very important to me, but it is the experiences I get during the year at the art museums and over the summer at various arts-related jobs keeps me content with my academic studies, my extracurricular life and even my social life insofar as those I meet through museum work, more often than not, become some of my best friends...
Toback may seem overzealous in his denouncement of the tenets of Hollywood cinema, but, nonetheless, it’s difficult to deny that very few mainstream directors could pull off not only the sexual content, but also some of the visual and especially sonic experimentation of When Will I Be Loved in a studio setting. This is to say nothing of his earlier films, particularly considering that his latest is actually more digestible than more intense offerings like 1999’s racially charged drama Black and White...
...found out, it’s the bulls who are practicing. Of every 200 bulls or broncos only one will buck adequately for a rodeo and a dozen professional riders are on hand every Wednesday night weeding out the candidates for the monthly rodeo. I’m content to sit in the stands and enjoy the free entertainment with my mediocre chicken parmagiana, until the MC announces that for $11 and a simple signature the experience is open to anyone in the crowd...