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...release this movie at last. That may be true. But Voropayev may well figure that it can't hurt to send Russians a timely reminder of who will really remain in charge of the country after next month, when Putin's hand-picked heir, Dmitri Medvedev, becomes the figurehead President. After all, as Platov says to Tatyana: "Should I just sell sunflower seeds when the highest job in this country presents itself?" It is of course no secret that Platov's prototype, who says he'll take up the post of Prime Minister, isn't going to trade in sunflower...
...American star in Germany. But some critics are still not happy. Ursula Caberta, who is in charge of a government office that monitors Scientology in Germany, told TIME that the about-face is like "handing a trophy to Scientology," adding: "Tom Cruise is not just Tom Cruise, but a figurehead of an anti-constitutional organization, and he should be treated that...
CINDY SHEEHAN, former figurehead of the antiwar movement, on her threat to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unless the Congresswoman files articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush by July...
Connecticut, of course, is Democratic turf. In 2006, the Democrats won a two-thirds majority in both houses of the legislature, relegating the reelected Republican Governor, M. Jodi Rell, to the role of official figurehead. Republican incumbents Nancy Johnson and Rob Simmons lost their hard-earned Congressional seats to Democratic newbies Chris Murphy and Joe Courtney. After their massive victory, starry-eyed Democrats fantasized about what they might do with such power...
...inaugural address, Kennedy sought to lead “a new generation of Americans” to face the challenges of the Cold War. Obama wants to be a modern incarnation of that figurehead; throughout American history, he proclaimed, “a new generation has risen up and done what’s needed to be done. Today we are called once more—and it is time for our generation to answer that call...