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...That was the nail in the coffin," Tilghman said...
...Netanyahu brought Sharon into the meeting so that he could "touch the process," according to a senior State Department official. Last week's diplomacy produced a few steps forward, including progress on a further Israeli redeployment in the West Bank and Palestinian security guarantees. The American negotiators hope to nail down those points this week, announce a package deal and immediately begin long-awaited talks on the final status of the Palestinian territories...
...crew awaiting him, as if he were on some high horse instead of on some low road. "You cannot defile the temple of justice," he has said in explaining his relentless pursuit of Clinton. But Starr did. As much as Clinton stained the dress, Starr stained the country to nail him for it. And his party goes...
...essence of the book here, he still demonstrates the ample talent that helped him win an Academy Award. Demme is still a master of camerawork, as he stitches together a rich array of shots and turns Sethe's house into a brooding metaphor of claustrophobia. However, he does not nail the pacing the way he did in Silence of the Lambs and he muddles the majority of the flashbacks. Ironically, the film is most lively when it resorts to Hollywood dramatics, most notably in a harrowing sequence in which Sethe is more willing to murder her children then see them...
...this crucial moment it is not clear that anyone with stature also has the means and the will to nail down a deal. Early last week Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, a friend of Starr's, tried to lay the foundation; he spent 20 minutes on the phone with Clinton, and though he didn't speak to Starr, has a good sense of how the guy ticks. Hatch imagined that the country might be spared a year of unnecessary public hanging if Clinton confessed more publicly and contritely than before, if the House agreed to a censure, and if Starr could...