Word: delayer
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...latest project, appears to be another moviemaker's headache. Fox Searchlight Pictures called off production just three days before Crowe and fellow Aussie Nicole Kidman were set to start filming. Citing a collective concern over the script's readiness, the studio dismissed reports that Crowe alone forced the delay, closing the tiny window when both stars were available. The movie always faced steep challenges--a modest budget, huge stars, and the challenge of pronouncing eucalyptus-tree names such as Kakadu Woollybutt...
...knew Turpin say he was excited about The Contender's launch but frustrated about not being able to box until the end of the series--which was pushed back four months after Fox launched a copycat show--and had been partying and putting on weight. (Because of the delay, NBC gave each contestant a stipend to continue training.) "He felt like he was training for nothing," says his sister Launita Turpin. Still, she says Turpin seemed upbeat when she saw him last. Chapple, who had been with Turpin in the car just before he shot himself, released a statement saying...
...Need to Rush News accounts note that now that the Iraqis have held an election [Jan. 31], they will need to write a new democratic constitution before holding further elections. Why? New Zealand has survived for more than 200 years without a traditional, formal, written constitution. Can't Iraqis delay having a new one for, say, 10 years to see whether Western democracy works for them? Murray Hunter Auckland, New Zealand Too Much Partying? Instead of being host of an expensive inauguration celebration [Jan. 31] while our troops are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan, President George W. Bush could have...
...Whether you think Social Security is a "challenge," (House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi), "a big problem" (Frist), is nearly going "bankrupt" (President Bush) or a "crisis situation" (House Majority Leader Tom Delay), one of the crucial weapons in the debate has been the choice of words used to talk about it. President Bush, for example, has shifted from "private accounts" to "personal accounts" to "voluntary personal retirement accounts" in his State of the Union address. Polling has encouraged the White House to use the term "personalization" rather than "privatization" on Social Security. But Democrats have to master the language...
...comfortable. While making ritual deference to the ?roadmap? - a document with which Sharon has never fully supported - the Israeli leader emphasizes that its first phase requires Abbas to begin disarming and dismantling the operational structures of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Al-Aqsa Brigade. The Palestinians will seek to delay any such actions and seek more by way of political concessions from Israel in order to keep the ?hudna? intact...