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...televised statement to parliament over the weekend, Mubarak said, "Egypt will not tolerate those who hurt the dignity of its sons" - a statement that drew praise from the Egyptian public. But at the same time, Mubarak also seemed to be calculating his retreat. "We don't want to be drawn into compulsive actions," he added. (See the top 10 sporting cheats...
...desires that his visions of the female form are as morbid as they are irresistible; between every woman’s legs is a “wild darkness,” an “infinity” to which Ismael’s eyes are always drawn. We are reminded of “King Lear,” in which the vagina is, similarly, an entry to an unknowable—and therefore threatening—interior, a “dark and vicious place,” in Edgar’s words...
...vulnerable gentle giant—or, as Leigh Anne affectionately terms him, Ferdinand the Bull, the hero of his favorite children’s book. Bullock, too, wholeheartedly inhabits her role as pushy, driven, no-nonsense Southern wife cum interior decorator, complete with a perfect accent no doubt drawn from her Virginia roots. Kathy Bates also shines as Michael’s tutor, a fanatical devotee of her alma mater, Ole Miss. Once recruitment offers start pouring in, she takes it upon herself to warn Michael away from arch-rival University of Tennessee by convincing him of the body parts...
...film is the development of this cautious friendship between the two men, a relationship marked by regular returns to the same seedy bar. Stone is eager to move past the professional boundaries of his role as Montgomery’s superior, and an ambivalent Montgomery is slowly drawn to Stone’s sincere rambling. Foster plays Montgomery with admirable restraint, highlighting the character’s overwhelming desire to control his own emotions. His silences are imbued with a deep confusion; his eyes communicate a tremendous burden of which he lacks the words to describe. Moverman?...
...said all heavily affected states would completely reassert control over their Naxal-dominated areas within two or three years. Director general of police Ranjan thinks four years is a more realistic time frame. "We're not taking any more shortcuts," Ranjan says. "This is going to be a long, drawn-out battle...