Word: raoule
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...Foster in conveying any fear and suspense in the tale. Leto bumbles through his role as Junior, the stereotypical greedy young heir, while Dwight Yoakam tries to cement his cross over from country music to serious acting by squinting his eyes and brandishing a large gun as Raoul, the most diabolical and least developed of the three theives. Forest Whitaker provides one of the few bright spots in an otherwise anemic cast, searching for depth in the character of the conflicted Burnham, the only thief whom writer Koepp seems to have bothered to provide with a sense of real humanity...
...fashion exhibit features more relaxed garments from the '20s to current couture. The original collection has also been boosted by loans from the likes of the Musée d'Orsay, adding works by Tamara de Lempicka, who painted celebrities of the '30s in their designer glad rags, and Raoul Dufy, whose textile designs influenced his painting...
...husband but, she says, "in spite of the heavy responsibilities, he seems to be thriving, and I did support him in making himself available for a second term." Annan is painfully aware of the steep price that a life devoted to public service can command. Her uncle, Raoul Wallenberg, the diplomat who saved the lives of thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary, disappeared in 1944, the year she was born. Although she never knew him, "the absence of Raoul was always present in my life," she says. "His last letter from Budapest was to congratulate my mother, his sister...
...intellectuals in Africa and the African diaspora seek their own explanations for the failures not only of post-independence Congo, but also of post-colonial Africa more widely, there is renewed interest in the story of Patrice Lumumba. Haitian-born director Raoul Peck's powerful new film, "Lumumba," uses the story of the Congo's first and last democratically-elected prime minister to graphically and explosively explore Western complicity in the Congo's slide into chaos following its independence...
...Caroline, 11, deserve? A Dad who trashes their mother? After Giuliani's estranged wife Donna Hanover asked a judge to bar Nathan from visiting Gracie Mansion, the official residence (where the family still lives), and argued against a gag order in the case, Giuliani unleashed his lawyer Raoul Felder. Starting on Mother's Day, no less, Felder called Hanover an "uncaring mother" who stayed in a dead marriage for "twisted motives." Though her lawyer Victor Kovner says the couple agreed that Hanover should continue living in Gracie Mansion until her apartment is available, Felder made her sound like the interloper...