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...Tarantino movie that Tarantino would be afraid to make. It surely has its quota of Quentinian quirks, including cool bad guys dressed in black, a revenge motif that won't quit, some acts of abuse that would have given de Sade appreciative shivers?and, most important, an expert's joy in expanding and subverting the rules of genre. The gnarled story line, also familiar to fans of Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, careers from 1988 (when the main character, Oh Dae Su, is kidnapped and confined without being told what his crime is or how long he will be held...
...romances and, in a hilarious set piece, to polish their French by improvising an encounter in a brothel. Despite his peccadilloes - like the occasional grope when he takes them for a ride on his motorbike - the boys cherish Hector. He has given them the vocation, the job and the joy of "breaking bread with the dead"; to be infused by the culture handed down to them. "Mr. Hector's stuff's not meant for the exam, sir," one of the boys tells Irwin. "It's to make us more rounded human beings." Put that way, it sounds wet. But Bennett...
...sheer joy on their offspring's face is not enough to convince some parents, the employment possibilities just might. As interest in good eating has grown, so have job opportunities in food preparation and service. According to the National Restaurant Association, while the overall economy lost jobs in 2003, restaurant jobs increased at a rate of 1.2%. By 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of retail bakeries is expected to grow 16% and baking manufacturing 12%. Says the CIA's Ryan: "I'd match our employment rate against any Ivy League school. When they graduate...
...event that marked the symbolic end of Saddam's regime. The square was far from full that day. Most ordinary Iraqis were still too scared to venture out of their houses and apartments, preferring to peek through curtains at the arrival of freedom. But the feeling of liberation and joy among those who did go into the streets was obvious. As the Marine battalion I was with moved through the city, old women offered battle-weary Marines cookies and tea, while kids shouted out, "Thank you, Bush!" and "America good!" and offered flowers and handshakes...
...death and resurrection of Jesus are a revelation on a grand scale of what takes place in every life. We all go through suffering and joy, death and resurrection, on one level or another. The energy that keeps us going in the midst of this human cycle is the presence of Christ's spirit in us. Why did Jesus die? To show us how life works and to empower us to live fully now and forever. (THE REV.) HAL WALLOF Providence Forge...