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...scene from his film in progress, Titanic. The sound hasn't been added yet, but the faces of the doomed passengers indicate that they know the outlook is grim aboard the supposedly unsinkable ship. A priest is leading a prayer, and as his lips move, Cameron murmurs the lines, "Hail Mary, full of grace...
...years of modestly sufficient rain and no crop-battering hail, prosperity seemed possible. But the winter of 1916-17 was arctic, and the next summer saw only 5 in. of rain. Crops and credit dried up, farmsteads failed. Even today a curious visitor has no trouble finding the husks of homesteaders' abandoned houses, some with clothes still in closets and perhaps a hopeless account book yellowing on a kitchen floor...
...while many hail the academic benefits these Web pages have added to their courses, the content of some course discussion groups and newsgroups have veered off-course into personal attacks and often offensive flames...
...knows what you do," the priest chastises. "You're trying to tell me that the only sin you have to confess is that you took the Lord's name in vain?" Murtha's response: "I'm giving you what I can." Then he negotiates his penance of 10 Hail Marys down to two: "Hey, that's all I can do." EZ Streets is filled with people who make cheap and slippery compromises. So far, the show's creators have...
...Right, Ed, he's got to throw the Hail Mary...