Word: mende
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When Turner tries to leave again after only one day home, Henry takes him to task, declaring that he is “still on the stairway,” and not yet able to mend his relationship with Jason. A large part of Turner’s reason for staying seems to be no nobler than his attraction to the madcap Danish nurse Katrina (Glenne Headly) hired by Jason to tend to Henry, nicely echoing the 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in which she and Caine had an electrifying comedic dynamic...
MILESTONES: President Clinton is on the mend; Michael Eisner...
...Most who make the move blame rising anti-Semitism. Jews have historically struggled in France, from the 13th century Trial of the Talmud to persecution during the Nazi occupation; but they have also flourished, providing two French Prime Ministers in the 20th century (Léon Blum and Pierre Mendès-France). Today many feel under siege both from the country's 6 million-strong Muslim population and from far-right political movements like the National Front. The French Justice Ministry announced last week that it registered 298 "anti-Semitic acts" so far this year, compared...
...well as alienation from some longtime allies, the scientific triumph was a moment to remind the world what the U.S. still does better than anyone else ever has, marshalling its imagination and technological prowess to send robotic emissaries into outer space. It didn't hurt the effort to mend international fences that the mission is being conducted in collaboration with the European and Italian space agencies. And it didn't hurt the domestic sense of pride that the arrival at Saturn occurred in the run-up to the Fourth of July...