Word: figureheads
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...Revenge is a real easy one to get people interested in," he says. "It's easy to be the figurehead of the false courage by encouraging and leading revenge. But I sensed that these two directors were not interested in just dazzling with the ugliest parts of humanity and the quick fix." Penn loved the camaraderie of the Boston location where Mystic River was shot. He also liked Eastwood's relaxed control on the set, the director's ability to get first-take perfection from some very serioso thespians, including co-stars Linney, Laurence Fishburne and Marcia Gay Harden...
...that he?s won the job, it seems likely that he?ll bring many former Wilsonians to Sacramento with him - a smart move, because they already have relationships with legislators and bureaucrats there - the people Schwarzenegger spent his campaign bashing. One potential drawback: people might suspect Schwarzenegger is a figurehead with all these more experienced hands around him - something some Democrats still whisper about Bush - so the Terminator needs to occasionally remind people who?s in charge...
...Although rumored to have been a figurehead with little personal involvement in misdeeds committed by others, US officials have said in the past that they would like to prosecute him for war crimes...
...Easy Rider (1969) and in the freer, more personal films that flowed from its success, Nicholson became a kind of figurehead for a loose group of actors and filmmakers who were trying to expand the commercial genre...Their work was almost always full of aggressive invention, but the new Hollywood passed, the victim of erratic returns at the box office. Nicholson passed along with it, not out of sight, but on to other things. He worked into the mainstream, and started running with the high rollers. He now counts as two of his buddies Paramount Production Chief Robert Evans...
...It’s such an unusual property and such a wonderful figurehead for our denomination,” Wiberg said. “If you were to itemize churches across the country, our church would be at top in terms of visibility and charm and architectural excellence...