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...crafting an effective response to outsourcing, all the candidates face the same challenge: dealing with a relatively new phenomenon. Their responses are a work in progress, ranging from mild proposals of dubious effectiveness to ideas that sound vaguely like protectionism. In the meantime, voters are left to separate the myths from the realities. Some answers...
...book "Spectacular! The Story of Epic Films," the elegant historian Carlos Clarens (using the pseudonym John Cary) gave a fair evaluation of "King of Kings": "De Mille's version of Christ was a fundamentalist one: H.B. Warner was indeed 'a sweet Jesus, meek and mild,' and this time sheer reverence held De Mille in check. There were a couple of zebras drawing Magdalene's chariot, and the earthquake that follows the crucifixion was as stunning as the Red Sea parting, although virtually thrown away.... De Mille's sincerity was on a par with his stern ruling that, during production...
...quiet Colorado mountain town of South Park, four nine-year-old boys delve into eschatology nearly as much as scatology. Jesus Christ is a palpable presence in South Park - not surprising, since he lives there and hosts a cable access talk show ("Jesus and Pals"). A good and mild man in a mad and wild world, Jesus has fought a championship boxing match with Satan (episode 108), attempted to calm Millennium jitters at a Las Vegas concert with Rod Stewart (episode 316), and battled evil cult-magician David Blaine with the help of his Super Best Friends Buddha, Moses, Mohammed...
...Marsalis) introduces Osgood standing at a 7-ft. sculpture on which are displayed the morning?s chapter headings - the table of contents for this magazine show. Osgood runs though the half-dozen main stories, then reads the news ?for today, February 15th, twenty-oh-four.? The show revels in mild eccentricities; some of the most prominent are Osgood?s bow tie, his occasional flights of doggerel and his persistent disdain for the locution ?two thousand four...
...writers should have put more effort into presenting a balanced view of the use of “study drugs.” Reporting on several students who think it’s just great to illegally take drugs not prescribed to them while burying a mild warning from a doctor interviewed via e-mail gives readers a very one-sided picture of the issue. The article doesn’t even bother to explain how these drugs work beyond “stimulating the nervous system” or to find out what possible harmful effects might...