Word: pursuits
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...antagonists search for each other, are some cool set pieces: the 20min. scene of a drug deal monitored by the cops, as Lau and Leung try to get messages to their contacts without being caught; a couple of tense rooftop meetings that end in death; Leung's pursuit of Lau outside a movie theater; and the moment when a taxicab is abruptly flattened, out of the sky, by the falling body of one of the main characters. The remake includes all of these scenes (though the last one loses some of its sick impact when the body simply lands...
...which called for its disarmament. It will do so again if current UN demands for its disarmament are not backed up by active international support of Lebanon.Just as the disarmament of Hezbollah is a primary necessity for any long-lasting agreement, certain preconditions must be met before the pursuit of dialogue with Hamas and Iran can be fruitful. Before the Israelis and Palestinians reenter peace negotiations and much-needed aid flows into the Palestinian areas, Hamas must recognize Israel’s right to exist and denounce the terrorist actions emanating from Gaza and the West Bank. It must also...
Many portrayals of young women in movies or literature today show us to be assertive and self-assured in our pursuit of the opposite sex: it was Natalie Portman’s Sam who first started talking to Zach Braff’s Andrew in “Garden State,” after...
College papers—such as The Crimson, the Harvard Salient, or the Independent—have a difficult task in deciding what counts as news. On the one hand is the journalistic pursuit of truth; on the other is the paper’s chronicling role within the community. In Duque’s case, it seems newspapers may have done more harm than good...
...such collective punishment may be as misguided as it is cruel; even if it did work, any "recognition" achieved this way would mean little in the pursuit of peace. An authoritative Palestinian polling organization last week released telling findings on Palestinian public opinion in the West Bank and Gaza. It found 54% of voters dissatisfied with Hamas's performance in government, the figure rising to 69% when it came to financial matters such as payment of salaries. Only 38% would vote for Hamas in an election now. But when asked whether Hamas should submit to the Western demand that...