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...Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Directed by Steven Shainberg Picturehouse 1.5 Stars Move over, Martha Stewart—exotic is the new plain, and weird is the new normal. Unfortunately, each is proving that it can be just as boring as its predecessor. “Taking the center from the margins” seems to be the raison d’être of several of the best films produced in culture-war-America over the past year, from the spectacular “Brokeback Mountain” to the delightful “Little Miss Sunshine...
Rank: 1 Last Week: 54 Funkytown I’ll take a one way ticket to that place Rank: 2 Last Week: - Cookie cakes Larger than normal cookies, both in size and deliciousness; larger than the occasional cake Rank: 3 Last Week: 2 Yeah, that’s my gf Now I am going to fuck you up real good Rank: 4 Last Week: - Eye for an eye A frustrating transaction with a blind person Rank: 5 Last Week: - The 2006 elections Wait’ll you see my dick
...about rules, from treating foreign companies fairly to dropping tangled customs regulations. But the largest obstacle may be persuading U.S. legislators - mindful of the impact on the U.S. of the flood of cheap imports and outsourcing that followed China's WTO admission in 2001 - to extend normal trading partner status to Vietnam. Passage of permanent normal trade relations status, usually a WTO formality, failed this week in the House of Representatives as legislators struggled to muster the requisite two-thirds majority for fast-track passage. The move was resisted by lawmakers seeking to protect textile manufacturers in their home states...
...hurts. She walks without pain, goes to school, even gets through gym class pretty comfortably-but she can't dance. A big dance recital is coming up-dancers from the famous ballet company in the city will be there to watch her-and she wants to be "back to normal" by then. She and her Mom want to know when this pain will go away...
...When I touch her long, skinny foot, it hurts at one particular spot. This is where it hurts when she tries to dance. The X-ray at first glance is normal, but if you look very carefully there's a little disruption of the lace-like pattern of the bone's spongy internal architecture at exactly the spot where it hurts. (This X-ray, by the way, was read as "normal" by the radiologist. Only an MRI or bone scan will reliably show the fracture to someone who has not had the opportunity to examine the patient and focus...