Word: playfulness
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...That was when public mistrust of Scientologists was at its peak in Germany due to the controversial filming of the Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie. Many Germans were outraged that Cruise - with his strong affiliations with Scientology - had been chosen to play the role of Claus von Stauffenberg, a Nazi resistance fighter whom some Germans regard as a national hero because of his attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler. Defense Ministry officials criticized the decision to allow the filmmakers to shoot scenes at historic German landmarks, such as the Bendlerblock where Stauffenberg was executed in 1944. But the final straw for many...
...were a bit more familiar with what was going to come at us,” Kuld said. “We did work on blocking a certain play that they do a lot of. I think it paid...
Despite picking up its 11th non-conference loss of the season, the Crimson maintains its position in third place in the division standings and primed to make a splash in conference play. With a victory over NYU (3-13, 0-4 EIVA Hay Division) this Saturday, Harvard could vault into the second spot in its division...
...expected, matching up with the different tempo and style of play of international opponents had its challenges for the Crimson...
What role is there for the U.S. to play in this context? Since the U.S. has prioritized stabilizing Afghanistan over everything else in Asia, it has lost a lot of credit in both Delhi and Beijing. It is increasingly reliant on China, but has also undertaken security exercises [under the Bush Administration] that tried to work together with democratic countries like Japan, India and Australia at the exclusion of China. This fed into the traditional political claustrophobia many in China have - a sense that, in the end, Asia will be a very hostile environment for their development and geopolitical rise...