Word: lisa
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...Reported by Lisa H. Towle/Raleigh
Manny and Lo carries a huge potential for sentiment. These are, after all, three lost and lonely souls, and the possibility of blubbering breakdowns and bondings hovers constantly over the movie. But its young writer-director, Lisa Krueger, making her first feature, will have none of that. Her compassion is as unforced as the comedy that is also implicit in the creation of this curious menage. She has a capacity that far more experienced--or should one say more wearily knowing?--filmmakers lack: she trusts her tale, whatever its improbabilities; she also trusts her characters to find their...
...expected to provide; to date, he's been missing in action, letting other members of the party mount the offensive. "He's still head of the Labor Party, much to the dismay of younger leaders, who were expecting him to resign as party leader," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "After the May election, a lot of people thought his career would be over and he would retire gracefully." Peres has stayed on, waiting for a split in a fragile Netanyahu coalition that relies on the support of both religious and secular parties. If that coalition fails, Netanyahu...
Viewers may have had trouble seeing it on NBC's equally disputed TV coverage (which opted for flashy individual performances on the track and in the diving pool over less glamorous team efforts), but sisterhood was powerful at the Atlanta Games. Sparked by Richardson, and by dominating pitching from Lisa Fernandez and Michele Granger, the U.S. softball team survived some low-scoring squeakers (and a 2-1 loss to Australia in extra innings) to capture the first Olympic gold medal ever awarded in the sport. The U.S. women's soccer team also dispatched the world's top teams, including Norway...
...government has not officially rejected the offer, an editorial in Tuesday's edition of Tishrin called the offer "honey-coated" but not serious. "Although Tishrin speaks for the Syrian government, its rejection is not exactly a total rejection of dialogue with the Israelis," says TIME's Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "Since there are no negotiations right now, both sides are at great liberty to say anything they want about each other, and they are. As far as the Golan is concerned, Tishrin has a point. Netanyahu says he wants unconditional dialogue while at the same time saying Israel refuses...