Word: fears
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...exhibition tour to set up a separate trust. When her father found out about the plan, he drove to Dallas and took the check and Dominique back to Houston. Dominique told the Houston Chronicle that beyond just controlling her purse strings, her parents pressured her, and she lived in fear of her father, saying he hit her "a couple of times." Dumitru says he never hit her and maintains she is being influenced by others, including her new coach, Luminita Miscenco. Kurt Thomas told TIME that things were so bad at home that Dominique considered leading the family...
...this explosive matter go public. Mayor Jordan tells Roger, "This case has the potential to do more damage to this city than anything since the murder of Martin Luther King or the Rodney King riots, because it gets right down to the core of the white man's fear. Do you see what I'm saying?" Roger sees. But the rumors are out there already; a local Internet gossip sheet is adding new details almost daily. Quickly, the city's white business interests and black leadership huddle and come up with a plan. The only person who can defuse...
...either way. Hating a Liston was just as much fun as respecting a Patterson, and just as painful for the victim-challenger. In brilliant sketches of the archetypes, Remnick suggests Liston was trapped in his badness--people wanted him to be a bum forever--while Patterson lived in constant fear of not being good enough...
...victim--are extended conversations between experience and ingenuity. McKellen does most of the talking, in a gentle English accent or a brusque German one, but what makes him a great shot for film eminence is how suavely he listens. Listens with his eyes, attentive to nuances of lust or fear that may not even be there. Reacts with a prim wryness that hints at the Nazi's superiority, at Whale's indulgence. These lovely scenes give the audience a chance to study McKellen in wary repose. It's a face worth studying. A movie face, as Hollywood should soon understand...
Health-care reform is overdue. Relief from pain, suffering and fear of death carries a price as a free-market product. But the real buyers are the government and health-insurance middlemen. American health care comprises an elaborate structure. Backstage, courageous nurses and ethical physicians keep things from falling apart. Reforming America's most powerful cartel requires enormous political courage. Wallowing with Kenneth Starr is safer. THOMAS A. MCGOFF Moscow...