Word: making
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...pace with only their own centrifugal force seeming to hold them together. Directing his own work for the first time, Arriaga reveals a stillness at the center of “The Burning Plain” that one wishes had appeared in his earlier work. For any director to make sense of one of Arriaga’s screenplays is remarkable, but for a first-timer to create a film of such elegance shows preternatural directorial insight. No actress in Hollywood better embodies stillness and frenzy than Charlize Theron, the bombshell whose statuesque grace has been the X-factor...
...echoed by soaring strings. Sonically, it’s a perfect, retro pop gem—a lost Four Tops hit coated in pre-fab shimmer and organ flourishes. Though certain cutesy lyrics seem quite in keeping with Motown simplicity (“Let’s make jam when life gives us a peach”) the song maintains a meaningful ambiguity. Joining the ranks of great uncertain love songs, “If It’s True” embraces the unknown, with the band pledging solidarity even as they question the notion of soulmates...
...this, too, is that, in fact, volunteering is down as a result of the recession, and civic participation is down. And when we did that last year it was a kind of great moment for us, and since then, the economy has gone down. I'm wondering what you make of that and what you think the significance of that is for national service. The President: Well, I think that people are understandably anxious right now and feeling insecure economically. They are worried about home payments; they're worried about bills; they're worried about losing their health care; they...
...able to find a job right away - get some experience doing some good for your country, and that will not only be in the interest of the people you help, but it's going to be in your self-interest. You'll get work experience, you'll make contacts, you'll network, you'll expand your community in a way that ultimately will be good...
...also the National Conference on Citizenship poll about service showed this, too, is that people feel like their neighbors are actually less involved in the community than they used to be; that people are hunkering down, as you say, they're looking out for their own. How do you make the argument in that kind of environment to people who are saying, like, hey, I've lost my job and you're telling me to volunteer? How does that work? Does it make it a lot more difficult? Mrs. Obama: As the President said, I think that these are challenging...