Word: reigns
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...CHUNG: You won’t hear too much dissent from me on this topic, Mr. Soskin. The reign of the summer blockbuster is an ugly, brutal one; long before the Bush administration made it a way of life, studios have relied on and thereby perpetuated a deep, long-standing ignorance within the American people. Far too many individuals have locked themselves into the mindset that film simply cannot exist as an art form comparable to its centuries-old companions in theater, painting and music. I’ve bore many an unhealthy grudge against friends unwilling to accept movies...
Hong Kong is one of the most intriguing political experiments on the planet. For nearly seven years the city of 6.8 million people has been under the reign?but not the reins?of communist China. It is governed by its own people under British-bequeathed laws, and its "one country, two systems" trial has largely succeeded. Life goes on as it did before 1997?hectic, laissez-faire, ultra-capitalistic. Very, very few people complain about being citizens of the People's Republic...
...control over his tiny country ... The one paved road in Haiti ... is now in ruins, pot-holed with foot-deep craters ... The country's once flourishing tourist trade has dwindled from $5,000,000 in the 1958-59 season to less than $500,000 ... All the while, Duvalier's reign of terror continues. Shortly after coming to power, he organized his Tonton Macoute, meaning bogeymen in Creole, a vicious, plainclothes gestapo that collects taxes and blood money from merchants [and] tortures and murders suspected anti-Duvalierists. To help the Tonton in their grisly business, there is now even a ladies...
...enjoy the views of Paradise Island just across the water. But if you've worked up an appetite climbing the 65 steps of Nassau's Queen's Staircase (carved out of limestone by slaves at the end of the 18th century to mark 65 years of Queen Victoria's reign), browsing its famous Straw Market or just lazing around on the beach, you may find the fritters taste best at a market stall where the dollops of batter are dropped into sizzling oil in front of your eyes ($2). You'll risk burning your fingers, but you might gain...
Milch says he set out not to write a western but to explore a society just starting to form its laws. He first pitched to HBO a series about cops in Rome during Nero's reign. After that project fizzled, he started reading about Deadwood, a town that sprang up when reports of a gold strike were hyped to justify expansion into Indian territory. "It was like time-lapse photography," he says. "Two months before [Deadwood begins], there was nothing. Two years later, they had telephones, before San Francisco did." The settlement had no laws, purposely. "It was a primordial...