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...film follows the lonely young singer and seamstress into the life of a courtesan, a job she's not particularly suited to. She meets a rich gentleman farmer, Etienne Balsan (the marvelous Benoît Poelvoorde), and follows him to his château outside Paris, drawn by a lack of other alternatives and a desire to get closer to Paris. She offers herself physically but without any indication that she is interested in the act from a personal perspective. Her only attempt to ingratiate herself is in learning how to ride Etienne's beloved horses, and even then...
...remedy this lack of critical respect, Klink, reading from D’Agata’s book, made use of an essay by Samuel Beckett...
...Much of the speculation over why Xi was not promoted has centered around the military itself, and the possibility that senior generals in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) may have vetoed or delayed his appointment. Xi's lack of concrete relations with senior military figures, as well as an absence of credentials showing that he would support more large increases in military expenditure, are usually cited as reasons for not being backed by the PLA. But other analysts argue that the cause probably lay in a broader factional divide in the Party that pits supporters of Hu and Premier...
...opportunity to protest the contested June election result and the harsh treatment of prisoners during the post-election crackdown. Yet the chief opposition representatives (Khatami, Mehdi Karoubi and Mir-Hossein Mousavi) all publicly called for Iranians to come out on the streets on Friday - not to protest against the lack of Palestinian rights but to protest against the lack of social and civil rights in Iran. (See the turbulent aftermath of Iran's election...
...rallies seem to be spontaneously organized through the Internet before trickling down to word-of-mouth notifications. Some participants said that future protests are already being planned, given the large and unexpected turnout on Friday. Due to Iran's many religious and revolutionary holidays, opposition supporters have no lack of opportunity to continue showing their protest against the regime. One of the next dates in sight: the 30th anniversary of the 1979 U.S. embassy occupation...