Word: placing
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...Fiddy has not grown soft. In the trash talking, self-promotion, and muscle flexing that ensues, 50 provides for entertainment, if not intrigue. This basic enjoyment, however, runs shallow: having come to define many of rap’s most important symbols, 50 Cent has started to run in place...
...protestors, members of the organization Say Yes to Drugs, which advocates for access rights to medicine in developing countries, said that the University should have a strategy for generic access for poor people in place before seeking patents for health technologies in countries like India and China, which have the capacity to produce cheap generic drugs...
...star cast funnels their respective talents into the standard roster of kid-movie roles. Sean William Scott (“Role Models”) takes on the wisecracking sidekick, while the inimitable John Cleese is the requisite Evil Professor, whose refined British accent seems wholly out of place in the apparently country-less Planet 51. As the unexpected visitor, Chuck is self-centered and arrogant, and he struggles to understand why the celebrity status he enjoyed at home carries no weight in his new surroundings. As he’s pursued by an army led by the blandly malevolent General...
...cruel weapon. Chuck’s mechanized companion, Rover, is a source of endearing robot humor that resonates with all audiences, despite being shamelessly borrowed from “WALL-E.” Although veering on occasion towards crudity (“That’s an odd place for his antenna,” says one character after glimpsing Chuck in the nude), the movie’s humor keeps the film from becoming mired in political commentary...
...Seraj's uncle, the then King Amanullah Khan. Seraj beamed, grateful to be recognized as royalty. When Seraj was asked his thoughts on attending the swearing-in of a President at a palace that once housed his family, his face darkened slightly. "We hope he brings honor to this place," he said. "Like our forefathers...