Word: inertia
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Such lazy inertia, exemplified by a drawn-out pan of the pupils lying on the grass in sundresses on a summer day, is struck away with a vengeance, though, as “Cracks” turns nightmarish in its final act. Ultimately, the story is a sordid one. As the film ends, the plot veers onto such a wild, jolting track that the cheeks redden and the hand flies to cover the gaping mouth. But somehow, though “Cracks” turns out to be a nasty little shocker, it does not feel like trash...
...murder in the 1962 TV drama I Saw the Whole Thing, and seven years later, as a government agent in Topaz. Except for an interlude of rapturous Cuban deceit between a Castro type and a femme fatale, this is one of Hitchcock's few perfunctory botches, never escaping the inertia of its putative star, that cardboard continental Frederick Stafford. Forsythe suffered no collateral damage here; even as a spy, he does not skulk, he glides. (See the 100 best movies of all time...
...government with Westerwelle's probusiness Free Democratic Party (FDP), the alliance that was billed as a marriage made in heaven is on the rocks. The government has been riven by infighting, bitter personal rivalries and squabbles over policy direction. The partisan bickering has grown so bad it threatens complete inertia. "The new government [has] had a catastrophic start," Gerd Langguth, author of a biography of Chancellor Merkel, tells TIME. "There's a cacophony of ideas and egos, and Angela Merkel still hasn't come up with a vision for her new government." (See video: "Global Business Trips: Germany...
Under these circumstances, the embattled Iranian government is unable to set a new course for its foreign policy. In a state of paralysis, Iran's behavior is primarily driven by two forces: bureaucratic inertia and a willingness to take only those decisions that are deemed low-risk within Iran's internal political context. That does not include compromise with Washington and the International Atomic Energy Agency on the nuclear issue. From the Iran-Contra scandal onwards, Iran's history is ripe with examples of Iranian politicians losing their careers after trying to create an opening to the U.S. Iran...
...ensure its enormous potential for encouraging a new prosperity to Europe's East is realized, reaching out in a true partnership to the nations of North Africa - another good Sarkozy idea - to see if they can be brought within the European zone of prosperity. Doing nothing, giving in to inertia, will win the E.U. few friends. "An unsentimental President Obama has already lost patience with a Europe lacking coherence and purpose," according to the European Council on Foreign Relations. "In a post-American world, the United States knows it needs effective partners. If Europe cannot step up, the U.S. will...