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...tribal sheiks in north Babil, one sheikh, Mohammed al-Khunfusai, stood up to face the rest, who had spent hours firing off complaints about the Iraqi government and security forces. "I think the Iraqi forces deserve medals for their efforts," he said. Across the room, another sheikh heckled amid laughter: "What is he talking about...
...With a peal of laughter, Felicity spurred her horse and tried to catch up to The Stable Boy. The ripe sun beat down on them as they galloped. Felicity could feel the sweat trickling down into her decolletage as she rode, and the wind tumbled her hair into glorious disarray. The half-tamed stallion coursed beneath her. “Onward, Zalathal!” she urged, striking the crop against the Spanish steed’s rippling rump...
...creatively uses motion, both with the camera and the actions on-screen, to set the tone of each scene. A shaky and restless camera introduces the bartender Jeremy (Jude Law). Even as the focus never strays from Jeremy’s face, the camera motion along with sounds of laughter and chatter create the atmosphere of a busy restaurant. Later in the film, when Jeremy kisses Lizzie as she lies sleeping on the bar, Wong uses characters’ movement to create a moment of dreamlike hesitancy. Wong frequently accompanies variations in film speed with music that drowns...
...left a hundred-dollar bill at the door of the church; Mayor Nikolauk washed dishes inside. Cotton farmer Charles Pfluger and his wife Helen, residents for nearly 40 years, helped as well and were deeply touched. "When those children went out to play you could hear those peals of laughter..." Charles Pfluger says, his voice choking a little and then trailing off. But Pfluger had to resist picking up a little toddler, afraid it might cause an incident. "There was a little boy about two feet tall with that 'puppy look'," he said. "I still see that kid looking...
...disappointing. The song featured amusing lines such as “China Garden has only moo-shoo pork for me,” but the acting and singing skills of Jonathan K. Tam ’10 and Ilan J. Caplan ’10 drew the most laughter. Tam, in particular, stood out—not only because he was the sole Asian in a predominantly white, Jewish cast. His renditions of “Ten Copecks” had the audience doubled up in laughter from the start, as did his performance as a vaudeville...