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...getting well ahead of the investigation, Clinton wanted to know whether the death penalty could be sought against whoever was guilty. (The answer: yes, under at least six provisions of federal law.) But it was decided that Clinton would not be the one to bring up the death penalty--lest he seem politically opportunistic...
YOUR CRITIQUE OF HOWARD WAS OVERLY harsh. True, bureaucrats often score poorly in exercising power, but I'd far rather argue with a regulator who is enforcing broader and fewer rules than one with overly detailed regulations. The latter fears to stray from "going by the book'' lest he be taken to task for doing so. The former is more predisposed to listen to common sense interpretations of rules...
...angry white male' characterization is onethat white men of dignity must reject, lest you beangry on some irrational basis," Jackson said...
...shopkeeper's daughter, forced by her parents to return home every night lest she be lost to the moral ambiguities of college life, she is lusted after by her father's at first comically creepy, then dangerous clerk (Alan Cumming) and truly loved by, of all people, the cutest, nicest guy on campus (Chris O'Donnell). It shouldn't work, this romance between the ruffled duckling and the swan prince, but it does. Their sweet, determined, gently understated struggle for fulfillment in a superstitiously conservative society makes this densely, deftly packed movie a quiet joy to behold...
...film's circular structure Manchevski takes liberties with common sense. (At one point photographs are taken by a man who we later discover is already dead.) This dedication to structure undermines other aspects of the film as well. We are never allowed to become attached to one character, lest his story line stray too far from the rain. Just as we get to enjoy the company of this fascinating young monk we are pushed back to the beginning of the film. The viewer will not be immune to the irony of having to spend almost three hours with Forrest Gump...