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...town of Grover's Corners and its bashful young lovers, George Gibbs and Emily Webb--Newman is at the front of the stage for much of the show but in the shadows for most of the drama. He has no showy emotional moments, his thin voice struggles to fill the house, and there's no camera to help us fathom the depths of his twinkling eyes and brooding face...
Normally, the Pope would seek someone with strong administrative skills to fill the post, Orfield said...
Ever since they ousted Slobodan Milosevic two years ago in a popular uprising, Serbs have had trouble finding someone to fill his shoes. The bitter rivalry between Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic and Yugoslav federal President Vojislav Kostunica has poisoned the political air, slowed the transition to a free-market economy and paralyzed the machinery of state. It also alienated the electorate. Three times in the past three months, presidential elections - dominated each time by Kostunica - have failed to muster the more than 50% of eligible voters required for a valid ballot. The current office holder, Milan Milutinovic, a relic from...
...government to act. So when fishing was finally banned in 1992, the fishery stood at 1% to 3% of its historic levels. Even today the fish have not returned. In the mid-1980s, the fishery produced over 200,000 tons a year, but fishermen today cannot catch enough to fill their modest 7,000-ton quota. Scientists fear that the same disaster could befall European stocks. One factor in the Newfoundland collapse may have been an effect of climate changes caused by man. During the period 1988-96 the Atlantic was anomalously cold, because of very cold meltwater coming down...
...result, international cineasts have at times labeled Zhang a dissident director?a role he has no desire to play. Zhang wants to work in China?not abroad or underground?and fill Chinese theater seats. Not only is he determined to work within the mainland's still conservative system, but he views the task of making movies that satisfy both censors and his own artistic standards as a healthy exercise?one that has forced him to become a better filmmaker. With Hero, he has risen to that challenge...