Word: hubertism
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...Harry locked his mother in the closet." The first line of Hubert Selby Jr.'s novel, vigorously transposed to film by the venturesome director of [Pi], gets to the essence of two warring addicts: mother Sara (Ellen Burstyn), the Blanche DuBois of Brighton Beach, and her son (Jared Leto). Mom swears by amphetamines and TV hucksters; Harry loves heroin and his desperate girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connelly). Using the bravery of his actors, and every trick in a smart cineast's book, Aronofsky takes the viewer on a jolting trip through the theme park called Hell. It's a demanding film...
...constitutional lawyer who simply wanted Serbia to become a "normal" European country, Kostunica wouldn?t have it any other way. Europe has begun moving to lift sanctions against Serbia following the visit to Belgrade Tuesday by French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine, and Kostunica has been invited to a meeting of European leaders later this week. And reintegrating Serbia into Europe may be essential to deal with the regional challenges that lie ahead. By lifting Milosevic?s economic blockade of Montenegro, Kostunica signaled good faith in dealing with Serbia?s last partner in the Yugoslav federation. But he remains strongly opposed...
...couldn't be more different. An embroidered cushion on a couch in Johnson's ranch house said, IT'S MY DAMN RANCH AND I CAN DO AS I PLEASE. And when Johnson was there, that is exactly what he did. He insisted that Hubert Humphrey visit the ranch, then dressed the Vice President in cowboy clothes that were way too large and made him ride a headstrong horse that left Humphrey hanging on for his life. Johnson took reporters for wild rides at high speeds in his Lincoln convertible, driving with one hand on the wheel and the other around...
...primaries really made America more democratic maybe we could accept them, even if they are wasteful and inefficient. But primaries aren't really democratic. The rallying cry against the evil forces of smoke-filled rooms and party machines was the infamous Hubert Humphrey nomination, when George McGovern was denied the nomination despite the public's support...
...Western attempts to keep Baghdad isolated are crumbling, Indonesia's President Aburrahman Wahid announced last week that he, too, plans to visit in the coming weeks. Neither Chavez nor Wahid can be considered influential statesmen, but their moves are in line with recent comments by France's foreign minister Hubert Védrine that sanctions against Iraq are "cruel, ineffective and dangerous...