Word: moment
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...Yorker. Within a single day, Swanberg had experienced a process that usually takes even the luckiest independent filmmaker a year - or longer - to go through. Reached via phone on Sunday evening, he was clearly overcome by it all. "I feel like I can say this is a watershed moment," he said. "The promise of the digital revolution, this democratization of movies, is now really happening...
...scarred him. "I can't plan for next Thursday," he said. "I'll make a note of it and put a question mark after it. I don't like to commit, because you just don't know what's going to happen. It's got to do with 'the moment is now.' " In the same interview, Richardson testified to her future husband's chameleonic nature. "Liam has this gentleness and strength," she says. "He can cry like a baby and fight like a bear." In her last days, Neeson must have done both...
...afford the big box of cereal that is a better deal but ties up more capital. It might appease our restless animal spirits for a time; biologists have found that receiving an apology affects blood chemistry, slows the heart rate and calms our breathing - all much needed at a moment of national fibrillation. Chimpanzees apologize, or at least perform "reconciliation protocols." How hard can this be? (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...when Geithner rolls out more details of his plan later this week - this time on the tricky question of getting toxic assets off the banks' books - it will be a dangerous moment for him. Not only will the health of the banks and the economy depend on whether his new program is well received but Geithner's reputation will be on the line as well. Panned after he put out a vague framework on Feb. 10, the new Treasury Secretary has only so many chances to instill confidence. With the new bank plan, he's getting a second chance...
...never read a stronger recommendation for a new album. I am very glad one of the greatest bands on this planet "has clearly found itself stuck in a very strange moment of self-reckoning." For me it clearly says: yes, we are back on track, with rock music that thrills over and over again. Why should musicians not be allowed to echo the past? In other fields they are praised when they pay tribute to their roots. Thanks - I'm off to the shop. Peter Terlouw, GOUDA, THE NETHERLANDS...