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Thus, Merritt, 25, appears to have made an end-run around some of his Convention's usual power brokers, including its Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, which traditionally has a near-lock on issues of national policy. Asked if it was common for a rump group like Merritt's to collect this kind of firepower, Ethics Commission Vice President Barrett Duke hesitates: "I don't know. It's unusual. I'm sure it's existed, but I can't recall...
...latest movie from British action-film mainstay Jason Statham, whose cockney wit and sexy bald head have been a continuous draw at the box office. Viewers traditionally find Statham in gritty yet humorous London crime capers like “Snatch” and “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.” But putting “The Bank Job” on the same level as those rowdy action-comedy hybrids would be a mistake. The film is a disappointment that fails to bring together its various crime movie elements with any cohesion or creativity...
...unlocked door at around 11:20 p.m., according to the victim’s roommate Haili E. Muse ’11. Muse said that the burglar then asked her for a person whose name she did not recognize. “I got really freaked out, so I locked my [bedroom] door,” said Muse. “Then I heard a loud crash, and the door slammed.” When Muse walked out of her bedroom into the common room, she said that she noticed that her roommate’s television and laptop were...
...prices, says John Waterlow, an analyst at Wood Mackenzie, a business analysis firm headquartered in Edinburgh. "It is not being sold at market rates," he says. Meanwhile, with the high prices in the United States - still the world's biggest consumer of energy - oil companies are finally scrambling to lock in exploration contracts in key growth areas like the Caspian Sea, Canada and the West coast of Africa...
...sins on Juliet’s lips, then kisses her again to retrieve them, is sacrificed. The act closes with the famous balcony scene, lacking in both passion and a balcony, as Romeo athletically hangs from the edge of a bridge-like structure as the lovers’ lips lock. While moving at points, the first act proves more expository than expressively riveting. The hour, in essence, is a talent show, providing the landscape for the story but not the emotion. In the streets of Verona, where the two families play out their feud, the dancers remain in boring clumps...