Word: holidaying
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Need a ride home for the holidays? Hitchhiking may have fallen out of favor, but a new form of ride sharing has emerged to replace it on--where else?--the Web. Today tens of thousands of Americans go online every month to stick a virtual thumb out in cyberspace, especially during holiday travel seasons...
...traveling Pontiff, it was not a laid-back Turkish holiday. The citizens of the proud, predominantly Muslim nation had no love of Popes. To the East, the Iranian government was galvanizing anti-Western feeling. The news reported that an escaped killer was on the loose, threatening to assassinate the Pontiff when he arrived. Yet the Holy Father was undaunted. "Love is stronger than danger," he said. "I am in the hands of God." He fared forward--to Ankara, to Istanbul--and preached the commonality of the world's great faiths. He enjoined both Christians and Muslims to "seek ties...
...they know - these dear, oddly believable creatures - that all is sham and vanity, that even though the studio insists on changing the title of their film to a more central American holiday (Home for Thanksgiving) that their cause is hopeless? You'd think they would if they examined the film's key dramatic premise (that long-lost daughter - Parker Posey - is bringing her lesbian lover home to the family). You'd think they might see through the hype, since largely represented by the divinely clueless hosts of a syndicated Entertainment Tonight TV show (Fred Willard and Jane Lynch...
...Give it time. The price will (probably) come down. Sony's online strategy will (probably) mature. More decent games will come out - the Playstation3 is notoriously difficult to develop for, and game-makers are still figuring out how to get the most out of it. Next holiday season, it just might be worth...
...gadgets, uses the gadgets, saves the world in the nick of time—is not here, but what remains is a well-executed, edge-of-your-seat thriller. Bottom Line: With all the family-oriented fare and kudo-hungry movies flooding theatres right now, have some escapist holiday fun with Craig. Daniel Craig.—Reviewer Christopher C. Baker can be reached at ccbaker@fas.harvard.edu...