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...that “Madea Goes to Jail”—Tyler Perry’s latest film adaptation of one of his countless plays—is not principally concerned with Madea, nor with her going to jail. After playing the quick-witted, ill-tempered, church-resistant elderly woman in two other films (“Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” “Madea’s Family Reunion”), Tyler Perry has here subordinated the storyline of his most interesting alter-ego to a far less compelling central plot.Like Perry?...
Before the tape began, half the study participants were asked to shade in some little squares and circles on a piece of paper while they listened. They were told not to worry about being neat or quick about it. (Andrade did not instruct people explicitly to "doodle," which might have prompted self-consciousness about what constituted an official doodle.) The other 20 didn't doodle. All the participants were asked to write the names of those coming to the party while the tape played, which meant the doodlers switched between their doodles and their lists...
...What Gono didn't mention is that the government has been one of the largest investors in the market, in which the lag between the implied currency-exchange rate on the floor and the black-market rate on the streets still creates opportunities for quick gains. Other big players include local investment banks and wealthy individuals. The 80 stocks listed on the exchange range from the country's most popular cellular-phone carrier to Zimplow, which manufactures "animal-drawn farming implements," and includes companies producing a cross section of commodities such as timber, wine, nickel, tobacco, even bacon...
...could have cut even more. And those that remained changed their way of operating, encouraging Iraqis to take the lead while promising that a dedicated U.S. military unit would be standing by if the Iraqis ran into trouble and needed U.S. help. "We've never been called as a quick-reaction force since we started doing this," Kelly said. But Kelly's Baghdad commanders were leery. "I had conversations with my bosses in Baghdad more than once [in which they maintained] there was a danger to reducing forces too quickly in Iraq," Kelly recalled. "But I'd make the point...
...politician traveling in Africa for a charity event when the loss of your wallet leaves you stranded without cash or credit cards. Who you gonna call? Would you mass-e-mail voters back home begging for a quick loan? Hundreds of constituents of British Cabinet minister Jack Straw found this message waiting for them. "I misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money and other valuable things were kept. I would like you to assist me with a soft loan urgently with the sum of $3,000 US Dollars to settle my hotel bills...