Word: exceptionality
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...pigheaded commanding officer, Henry Fonda, even as it leads to a massacre--and can still say years later, "He made it a command to be proud of." It's what Clint Eastwood was aiming for in his account of the doomed Japanese soldiers in Letters from Iwo Jima--except that Eastwood, the earnest Westerner, couldn't get much past the earnest Eastern clichés: the suicidal fanatics, the humanistic general, the humble baker turned soldier who serves as a life-affirming symbol of hope...
...each), celebrity wallpaper ($1.50), family friendly games like Sudoku ($5), text messaging (5˘ each) and, yes, phone calls (10˘ a minute). If a kid's Kajeet allowance is $20 a month and he blows it all on Beyoncé wallpaper, he won't be able to text or phone anyone--except his parents and 911, which are never blocked. "It helps kids learn about budgeting and responsibility without locking families into long-term commitments," Neal says. The proposal has intrigued some adult investors, who have put up $27 million in venture financing. The company expects to sign 175,000 customers...
...gets to choose the Minister of the Interior. The leading contender, Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwan told a Palestinian radio station, is a retired Brigadier and security force veteran named Hammoudeh Jerwan. If he gets the job, Jerwan will have to force all of these groups to fall into line (except for the Presidential Guard and the Intelligence force, which stay under the President's office). That means taking on the heads of the various organizations, several of whom have grown rich off their posts. These are men who can buy loyalty and manpower and who have served as Abbas...
...fiancé. My brother, his fiancé, my mom and my dad (Pops) and I invited every friend in the tri-state area for a fun afternoon of catching up and celebrating.But we didn’t come together just to celebrate my brother’s engagement. Everybody except my cousin’s toddlers knew why we got together on that hot afternoon. Two weeks later, we repeated the event, but this time without one of the guests.We all needed to say goodbye to Pops before he passed away from brain cancer.Pops didn’t want...
...There are people who think it's completely incredible. The thing about America is that it is without walls. You can get almost anywhere, if you insist upon it. There are no credentials for this kind work. There's no kind of credentials to be President! Except age and place of birth. It's kind...