Word: moment
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...rest of us, we can do no more than take a moment to think. It’s worth...
...Hollywood found a great backdrop for its movies, it also fell in love with South Africa's stories. The end of apartheid narrative in particular - an epic of racist repression that climaxes in a transcendent moment of redemption under an iconic leader - is a movie script made real. And Hollywood has shot that script over and over again. In 2004, Samuel L. Jackson and Juliette Binoche made In My Country about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in the mid- to late '90s, and Hilary Swank starred as an attorney representing a black South African political activist seeking amnesty...
...plea in January 2008, at the Davos World Economic Forum, for countries to spend their way out of this crisis, it so surprised his audience, who were more used to traditional IMF calls for austerity, that Larry Summers, now a top U.S. economic official, described it as a "historic moment." More recently, Strauss-Kahn has put public pressure on European governments to increase the size of their economic-stimulus packages, and has criticized the U.S. for not tackling more forthrightly the toxic assets still on the balance sheets of many banks...
...ever to have an interest in serving your country in the area of economic policy, this was the moment." - on why he wanted to join the Obama Administration under the current economic conditions, (New York Times, April...
California Dreaming. Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort has more than 100 acres of forest, hills and meadows, plus hillside mineral spring hot tubs, a labyrinth, meditation gardens, a wellness center, pool and a gourmet restaurant. If that isn't enough to help you find your moment of zen, there's also the Pacific ocean, wineries and nearby golf courses to chill you out. The resort is also near Hearst Castle, which is worth a side trip - if you want to see how vacation living is really done. The resort's adventure package includes either an ATV rental, a half-day kayak...