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...Duplicity, writer-director Tony Gilroy's follow-up to Michael Clayton, Roberts shares star billing with Clive Owen, but it's not a Julia Roberts Movie. The film is a nimble, witty whirligig of a caper, and it's no criticism to say Paul Giamatti, playing an insecure loon of a CEO, and Tom Wilkinson, as his devious rival, snatch the spotlight from the pretty people every chance they get. So does the timeline, which bounces around far more than Roberts' glossy tresses. The role of Claire Stenwick, a former CIA operative now playing the espionage game in the highly...
...common loon, a black and white water bird with a tapered bill and a haunting call, became a symbol of Canada's money in 1987: the year Canada minted its first one-dollar coins with the now-iconic bird on one face. It is a fitting national emblem. The loon is found across much of the country, and moves impressively both in air and under water. Its aquatic skills in particular are so good that outside North America, the bird is known as the great northern diver...
...Thomas Jefferson a nerd too? I suppose George Washington was an isolationist loon. I'm gung-ho for Paul because I have been reading him for years, recognize his consistency and have come to understand that he is correct on many issues. I resent Stein's attempt to pigeonhole me and those like me. Benjamin J. Thompson, Elkhart, Indiana...
...Thomas Jefferson a nerd too? I suppose George Washington was an isolationist loon. I'm gung-ho for Paul because I have been reading him for years, recognize his consistency and have come to understand that he is correct on many issues. I resent Stein's attempt to pigeonhole me and those like...
...Hunting is not the only sporting activity that's going unleaded: in 2004, the Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program successfully lobbied New York State to ban the sale of small lead fishing weights after studies showed ducks, loons, and other waterfowl were mistakenly filling their gizzards with lethal lead sinkers. Other anti-lead fishing regulations are also in place in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont...