Word: leape
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...current events that it would have been easy to make. Then there's the Ken Loach problem. He is a mild-mannered English leftist who has been for years making earnest, naturalistic, rather conventionally mounted studies about working-class topics that do not make the cinephile's aesthete spirit leap in anticipation. He's the kind of guy who turns down decorations from the Queen because he loathes the evil - or at least twitish - company he would have to keep on her honor's list. Put it simply: Almodovar...
...revolution. Newt Gingrich recently confessed his past marital infidelity on the Christian radio show of James Dobson, admitting he was carrying on with the House aide who became his third wife even as he was lambasting Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky scandal. In the upside-down leap of reasoning that this campaign season has wrought in the movement, hanging his dirty sheets from the window was enough to convince everyone that Gingrich is running - and landed him an invitation from Falwell to be this year's Liberty University commencement speaker. "He has admitted his moral shortcomings...
...Gaming addiction starts early, usually in elementary school. A recent study of third, fourth, fifth graders, and their parents uncovered a few statistics that immediately leap out as worrisome. For example, one in ten of the kids admitted that their playing video games interferes with their homework, despite their light workloads. Furthermore, this study illuminated an extremely large disconnect between the parents and the children: When asked if their family had rules regarding how much kids could play, 62 percent of parents said yes, while only 36 percent of kids agreed. Also, when asked if there were rules for when...
...Astronaut Farmer” opens with a shot of a vast swathe of desert, with Charles Farmer (Thornton) surveying his majestic ranch, outfitted in his homemade space suit. We hear Neil Armstrong epoch-defining words: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind...
...week tour, his second in two years. His plans include a series of three-day Buddhist mass-chanting ceremonies, the first starting March 16, to pray for the dead on all sides of the Vietnam War, unprecedented "Grand Requiem" ceremonies that Nhat Hanh's followers hail as a leap forward in Communist-Buddhist relations...