Word: motioned
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...same problems. It’s hard to figure out quite what they are: a bizarre feeling of pointlessness about the whole thing (and not in that pretentious French movie way); an irritating voice-over that sounds creepily like a bedtime story being read to toddlers; forays into slow-motion. There’s nothing really wrong with the plot—a lonely young woman, Mirabelle (Danes) meets an unsuitable struggling musician (Schwartzman), who is obsessed with her, and a wealthy older man (Martin), who is willing to spoil her in exchange for sex; as expected, she must choose...
...Brazil—as well as locals artists submitted work. Another of the inaugural pieces for the display was created by Nell B. Breyer, a research affiliate at MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies. Breyer described her work as examining “how we perceive motion and how we can use video processing to focus our attention on specific facets of our perception...
...Guillen, the first manager to take a Chicago team to the World Series in nearly a half-century. The former Sox shortstop's big-league managerial experience is no broader than a pinstripe, and the Venezuelan native loathes Chicago's chilly weather. But his loose, informal style and perpetual-motion machine of a mouth have proved ideal for rallying a squad of talented but unfocused also-rans in search of an identity...
...where a farmer who had been elected by villagers to be their chief was beaten up by people suspected to be cronies of the local government's defeated candidate. Similar events unfolded this summer, when farmers in the Pearl River Delta village of Taishi tried to orchestrate a recall motion to oust a village chief. Although the villagers had the law on their side and had collected the requisite number of signatures, their efforts failed...
...village chief enjoyed the support of higher-ups in the local bureaucracy. Before farmers could formally file the motion, many were harassed and beaten by so-called village guards. Seven members of the recall committee resigned, and 300 others asked for their names to be taken off the petition they had signed. Violence had replaced the peaceful exercise...