Word: meryll
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...Director Meryl H. Federman ’11 said organizers had originally planned to hold the event—with a slightly more macabre theme—in conjunction with Halloween, but did not have enough time...
...What It's Been Good For In the discussion with Meryl Streep, Robert Redford and TIME's Richard Corliss, Tom Cruise said, "Wars never solved anything" [Nov. 12]. Such a shockingly wrongheaded statement makes one wonder why anyone would want to hear his opinion on anything. There is one war that should be enough in itself to refute his statement: the American Revolutionary War. It took years of fighting and the deprivation of American troops to defeat King George III and his minions. Negotiations could not have persuaded the English government to give up its colonies. In addition, the efforts...
...What It's Been Good For In the discussion with Meryl Streep, Robert Redford and TIME's Richard Corliss, Tom Cruise said, "Wars never solved anything" [Nov. 12]. Such a shockingly wrongheaded statement makes one wonder why anyone would want to hear his opinion on anything. One war should be enough in itself to refute his statement: the American Revolutionary War. It took years of fighting and the deprivation of American troops to defeat King George III and his minions. Negotiations could not have persuaded the English government to give up its colonies. In addition, the efforts needed...
...risk in Iraq is, compared with past conflicts, relatively small--a niche market, if you will, like the audience that has paid to see Paul Haggis' In the Valley of Elah (with Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon and Charlize Theron) or Gavin Hood's Rendition (with Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep). The first movie, about a man's search for his soldier son killed after returning from Iraq, was gripping, suspenseful, poignant. Rendition, detailing the torture of an Egyptian American under U.S. auspices, sank under the burden of its plot contrivances. But quality, or lack of it, was irrelevant...
...understand-what-I-just-saw-but-I-like-it” type of way, but in a “I-can’t-believe-I-just-wasted-ninety-minutes-of-my-life-watching-this-useless-piece-of-animal-feces” type of way. Nothing, not even Meryl Streep’s acting, saves “Lions for Lambs” from its inescapable flaws and utter lack of originality. “Lions for Lambs” received a lot of publicity before its release, marketing it as a timely film about the wars in Iraq...