Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Star Wars" universe are not as simple as they seem, however. Anakin Skywalker, promising and generous child, falls so far into the Dark Side that he emerges as Darth Vader, the most evil of all. Yet, even he is redeemed at the very end--by love. Luke's quiet and unflinching faith in him helps him to remember that he has a son. This event, at the end of "Return of the Jedi," is surely one of the greatest moments of redemption ever filmed...
...into India since 1948, and the object is less military than political," says TIME New Delhi correspondent Maseeh Rahman. "By the choice of terrain, this looks less like an attempt to capture territory than a means of keeping international focus on Kashmir. Pakistan is concerned that if things remain quiet in the region, the world will forget about the long-standing dispute over the territory." Wednesday's escalation brought tensions between the two countries to a fever pitch, as Pakistan's military threatened to retaliate and India warned it to stay out of the battle...
...ranged freely over his career as a theaterperson in a very moving, but quiet lecture,"Brustein said. "There was something saintly andhallowed about...
...turn Bush's high poll numbers into a liability by accusing him of remaining aloof from primary voters. Each time he skips a cattle call for candidates or dodges a debate, he'll be slammed for taking rank-and-file Republicans for granted. The Bush campaign's quiet efforts to avoid a presidential straw poll scheduled for early August in Ames, Iowa, have angered some Iowa Republicans. Not that Bush's view of Ames as a booby trap isn't justified. Straw polls--where participants pay to vote--can be manipulated by rivals to make front runners look bad. Bush...
...political realms to create a superior, stiff-upper-lip weepie. The surprise is it still works, in this beautifully judged film with Nigel Hawthorne as the righteous father and Jeremy Northam (an Olivier incarnate) as the famous barrister who takes the case. Have a good thought and a quiet cry for dear Old England...