Word: perfective
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...movies like the 2001 Brad Pitt thriller Spy Game are to be believed, the Lebanese civil war of the 1970s and '80s made the perfect backdrop for romance, chilled beer and good surf. Now Beirut's club scene offers a choice spot to get a taste of that cinematic vision: 1975, a tiny bar named for the year Shi'ite, Sunni and Christian militias sparked the 15-year conflict that devastated the city and killed thousands, including 241 U.S. Marines...
...Korean talks, he has been given a long leash by U.S. President George W. Bush and Rice. Hill forged an unlikely bond with his rough-edged, chain-smoking Chinese counterpart Wu. Though he doesn't normally smoke, Hill bummed cigarettes from Wu during breaks, and impressed him by producing perfect smoke rings, a skill he'd picked up as a young Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon. Hill, too, came to admire Wu for his intelligence and his persistence...
...buff young tyros like Hrithik Roshan and Shah Rukh Khan for its male leads, Bachchan was an unlikely choice to play conventional romantic roles. Yet for a new generation of filmmakers keen to break new ground but in need of a star to pull in funding, he was the perfect choice. Bachchan was only too happy to find work. And so he accepted a series of roles in some of the most experimental films Bollywood has ever produced. There was 2003's Boom, a crime comedy in which he excelled as a white-suited gangster obsessed with Bo Derek; Baghban...
...When Prospect expressed interest to go global, we thought, ‘The project is a perfect fit,’” Marn said...
...Hagan’s quarterback rating isn’t perfect, but his grace under pressure was hard to ignore. With Harvard down 32-25 late in the fourth quarter, O’Hagan engineered the game-tying drive downfield...