Word: neill
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Nancy Pelosi showed us something important about herself this week. If Tip O'Neill thought that all politics was local, Pelosi's view is that it's personal. But what may have more significance in the long run is what her caucus showed her - that, unlike the Republicans they are replacing, they will not march in lockstep at every dictate from their leaders. And if there is any good news for the Democrats from the entire episode, that...
...Modern politics have been hard on House Speakers. O'Neill was the last one to give up the office under circumstances of his choosing; all four since him have been ousted from it, under one set of circumstances or another. If Pelosi is to avoid that fate, she must learn how to control the impulses and instincts that those around her say define her character. She will have to broaden her circle, trust her colleagues and take to heart the words of the man who managed to hold the job longer than anyone else in history. "You cannot...
...more of a bonus than a reason to move here.” Dudley isn’t just a year-round home for term-bill evaders and free spirits. Summer boarders, like their term-time counterparts, are at the Co-op for a variety of reasons.Tyler G. Neill ’07-’08 first moved into the Co-op in the summer of 2005, following his sophomore year in Quincy House. “It’s definitely cheaper than Harvard housing or renting your own place,” he says. While Neill?...
...while New Zealand continues its dark tradition of what actor Sam Neill dubbed the "cinema of unease," perhaps most closely identified with Jane Campion's The Piano, Conrich has detected more recently "a wave within a wave." From the Samoan slapstick of Sione's Wedding to the Polynesian hip-hop of the cult animated TV series bro'Town, a distinctly Pacific flavor is adding warmth and a sense of humor to New Zealand screen culture. "I feel like we're in the middle of a real cultural boom," says No. 2's novice director Toa Fraser, whose father hails from...
...Bryant (Diane Keaton). Beatty set out to make a great movie and came damn close, finding epic heft in Reed's trek from Greenwich Village to Red Square. On its 25th anniversary, the film looks even better. Jack Nicholson is a sexy standout as Louise's lover Eugene O'Neill...