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...previously preoccupying sexual shambles. That's especially true of The Dying Animal, when mortality settles on the wrong person at the wrong time. There are things wrong with Coixet's movie. Ben Kingsley is, of course, a fine actor, but in this instance there seems to me something smug, held back, in his work. Roth's Kepesh, at least for a time, has more spritzing fun with his minor celebrity life than Kingsley's does. The latter seems insufficiently surprised and confused by the turn his life takes. And Coixet has a tendency to linger on some of her scenes...
...Democrat of playing the race card from "the bottom of the deck." In the short term, Obama was put on the defensive. In the long term, the move may have neutralized a potentially explosive issue for the Republicans. The indictment of Alaska Senator TedStevens imperils yet another Republican-held congressional seat. While McCain fights hard for the White House, widespread voter dissatisfaction with President Bush and his party's positions suggests Democrats may enjoy formidable majorities in both houses come January. Obama, presumably drained from months of campaigning, is using the Summer Olympics' opening roar to retreat to Hawaii. McCain...
...Warren, who had been beta-testing the plan, held its "IPO." He convened 1,700 pastors from the purpose-driven network to Saddleback and urged them to send out teams as part of the "PEACE Coalition." "There was a lot of energy afterward," he says. "Guys with tears in their eyes. A guy was going, 'I'll take Mozambique,' and one was going, 'I'll take Nigeria.' They were dividing up the world...
...This guard was my Good Samaritan. I will never forget that fellow Christian, and I will never forget that moment. I will always remember as well the Christmas services that my fellow prisoners and I held in a cell, when I gave thanks to God for the blessings he had granted me with the company of men I had come to admire and love...
...teammates, Memmel hurt her foot and missed the 2004 Olympic squad. The following year, she claimed the world championship title and then tore her shoulder, which required more than a year of rehab. Coming into Beijing, Memmel was finally healthy, and a contender for the all-around title currently held by American Carly Patterson. She was also a critical part of the U.S. women's effort to battle China for the team gold...