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...good or bad, but never transformative, throws at her. You can see it in her eyes, in her wiry body's alertness to both danger and opportunity. The reserve in Leo's performance, the way it earns our sympathy without asking for it is, is screen acting of the highest order. And her seeming artlessness is reflected, as well, in the rest of the no-name cast's work...
...Lieutenant Michael Daly was leading his company through Nuremberg, Germany, when it encountered machine-gun fire. Shielding his men, Daly crept forward alone and single-handedly vanquished 15 German troops in four separate firefights. For these acts of heroism, Daly was awarded the Medal of Honor, the military's highest decoration. Daly also earned three Silver Stars, two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star during his service...
...told The Australian newspaper: "Qantas outsourcing maintenance to Malaysia is certainly worrying a lot of us pilots. There has been aircraft come back with dodgy staples to secure wiring." Qantas chief pilot Capt. Chris Manning said the airline's standards are "the same as they've always been - the highest in the world...
...category 5 housing hurricane hit Florida this year, its eye came ashore at Miami Gardens. More than 4,000 of its 22,000 residential units are in foreclosure, giving this predominantly African-American city just north of Miami one of the state's - and one of the nation's - highest mortgage failure rates. Few places were as glad to hear that Congress this week had passed a housing relief bill that could help some 400,000 desperate homeowners like Harvin keep their homes via mortgage refinancing aid. They're happier still that President Bush said he'll sign it, despite...
...There is a lot of denial," Carolyn Jessop says, and Jeffs still commands loyalty despite his imprisonment. Jeffs moved the FLDS "aristocracy" to Texas, Jessop says, and little girls were given great status as they were married off to older men: "spiritual marriages" (polygamy) pave the way to the highest ring of heaven, and this enhances the girls' social position...