Word: greys
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Having served its dual function of introducing the X-folk--saber-clawed Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), telekinetic Jean Grey (Famke Janssen), weatherwoman Storm (Halle Berry), etc.--and earned $300 million worldwide, X-Men has spawned the requisite sequel. Singer saw the first film as a primer; now he has eyes for an epic. X2 is half an hour longer, miles more ambitious and a bit better than the wowless original...
...past decade, through good times and bad, Americans have drunk less but better, boosting superpremium liquors like Grey Goose vodka and Patron tequila, which cost $3 to $4 more a drink in bars than house brands. Profit margins on such brands are higher all the way from distillery to bar, but they barely balance out the industry-wide drop in volume...
...assassination attempt kicks off a series of subplots that conveniently breaks up the team of X-Men. Familiar characters Storm (Halle Berry) and Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) take off for Boston to retrieve the would-be assassin, while Cyclops (James Marsden) and Professor X (Patrick Stewart) pay a visit to the still-imprisoned misanthropic villain Magneto. Meanwhile, the frightened President is confronted by a McCarthy-like figure named General Stryker (Brian Cox), whose goal, we later learn, is to eradicate mutants from the face of the earth. Stryker is more powerful and knowledgeable than he seems and may even hold...
Landry, who advises both groups, emphasized what she called “the grey areas” in discussions about abortion and said that groups need to work to change a society that is oppressive to women, focusing on decisions men and women make before the issue of an abortion even arises...
Before Harvard can create a new campus, the University will have to first dramatically reconfigure the existing Allston landscape, currently a flat and grey expanse defined by railyards, warehouses and auto-body shops...