Word: hoped
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...lied to the SEC under oath at Madoff's direction," said DiPascali. He then apologized: "I know my apology means nothing, but I hope my actions moving forward mean something and bring some measure of comfort to those I hurt...
...heroes just for one day," it is an apt choice. There's an element of self-aggrandizement--we sense the filmmakers consider themselves heroes already. I wouldn't argue against that. This is a philanthropic mission, and Psihoyos and his team get their heartbreaking work done. You just hope the hint of boastfulness doesn't dilute the message, because when you're mopping up your tears after The Cove, you want this film to make a difference...
Which goes to show that for all the glimmers of hope in housing, there is still a long slog ahead. Because fundamentally, what a rational housing market means is that people can afford the homes they have and move to bigger ones only once they have decent and growing paychecks...
...fall, even a mild pandemic could overload a clogged health-care system. And there's no guarantee the virus won't get worse--the Spanish flu was relatively light in the spring of 1918, only to turn lethal that autumn. U.S. health officials said on July 29 that they hope to have 120 million doses of a new H1N1/09 vaccine ready by October, but the virus could change by then, or the vaccine might prove less than effective. Virologists like to say the only thing predictable about influenza is its unpredictability. As the world waits for the next onslaught, that...
...stays tightly focused on candidates and political issues almost to a fault - glossing over the broader cultural momentum that helped propel Obama to a decisive win. There is no mention of Will.i.am's viral "Yes We Can" music video that galvanized youth support, or of Shepard Fairey's ubiquitous "Hope" graphic, which lent the candidate street cred and fed the perception that he hovered above conventional politics. The authors mention Tina Fey's Saturday Night Live impression of Sarah Palin, but don't convey the damage it inflicted by so deftly portraying her as a perky airhead (many now believe...