Word: ironically
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...leather box of the sort that has held papers for British Cabinet ministers since the days of Gladstone. He is wearing a pair of khakis and a white shirt with the top two buttons undone, revealing a surprisingly buff chest (his aides won't confirm that he pumps iron, just that he plays a lot of tennis). He delivers the box to a secretary and joshes easily with a communications technician. Already this day he has been in Oman and Egypt, where he met with President Hosni Mubarak, given two press conferences in which his thoughts flowed in fluent paragraphs...
...film begins with acclaimed General Irwin (Robert Redford) being transported to a military prison for violent criminals. The warden, Colonel Winter (James Gandolfini), rules the prison with an iron fist, but shows compassion and respect for General Irwin, one of his personal heroes. Some of these opening scenes involve Irwin arriving at the prison in a bus. For those of you acquainted with The Shawshank Redemption these scenes will seem very familiar. Remember the prisoners who placed bets on Andy? Well, those same gamblers are present here, eagerly making bets on when the general will commit suicide. From this point...
...lavish gold side-chain. The bowl itself is adorned with intricate etchings, carved by a skilled New England craftsman. As one rests upon the seat, attending to those bodily neccessities that occupy a small part of everyone’s day, one is pleasantly surprised to reach for the iron cast toilet paper holder, aside which sits a feature we all have dreamed of: “the buzzer”. This doorbell-like utility used to summon thy man servant eliminates the fear that at some point we may need to knock on the stall next...
...bathtub, a fine piece of iron work itself, appears not to have been constructed for the use of a sole bather, but is rather a bathtub built for two. With a depth of nearly three feet and a girth of two, we can only imagine what the Puritanical inhabitants of Cambridge were practicing in this space. Looming above the tub, is a bizarre 25 spout water dispersal array which appears to have served as the shower head. Anachronistically placed among this grandeur is a garish post-modern emblem of mass production—a Scott’s hand towel...
...there.” And yes, said anonymous female was writhing against her equally anonymous man-friend. But so were the hoardes of women at waiting impatiently at Johnston Gate. Always a popular pick-up point, Johnston Gate was filled a mass of people standing against the cast-iron gate, lined up like convicts getting mug shots. A male in a tight t-shirt with extremely large muscles held a girl cave-man style over his shoulder. When she dismounted and boarded the shuttle, her friend advised her. “It isn’t cool. He?...