Word: restless
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Which, you’ve got to admit, doesn’t happen much. Certainly the photos in the “commercial” section are more aimed at convincing a restless public that the featured designer is “on the edge” and “trendy” rather than inspiring spontaneous shopping frenzies. It’s sort of an Emperor’s New Clothes phenomenon: No one is going to be caught dead in the translucent white, yellow chest-belted shirt of Frank Lingnau and Tom Schumacher?...
...rivals. Benjamin Netanyahu continues to hover menacingly, ready to resume the mantle of Likud party leadership from Sharon as soon as the party holds a primary. So simply maintaining the present impasse almost certainly seals Sharon's fate at the hands of his own party faithful. Also, his restless foreign minister Shimon Peres - the Oslo architect increasingly desperate to restore political dialogue with the Palestinians - has been running his own talks with Ahmed Qurei in pursuit of a new peace formula...
...Davos-in-New York crowd, there are two lessons to be drawn from our city's mosaic. The first is that globalization, the great theme of our time, is driven not just by technology, economics or trade in goods and services but also by a restless movement of people--millions of them--on a scale the world has never seen before. The second is that with good humor, sound institutions and tolerance, that swirl of humanity can create a vibrant culture and an unparalleled opportunity for people to dream of a better life for themselves and their families. New York...
...woman in England." Just as scandalous was Unity, a close friend of Adolf Hitler's and so worshipfully devoted to him that she shot herself in the head when Britain declared war on Germany (she survived with some brain damage; Hitler paid her German hospital bills). Jessica ("Decca"), a restless would-be communist, eloped with a cousin who was also Winston Churchill's nephew. She later moved to the U.S. and had great success with her muckraking book on the funeral industry, The American Way of Death...
...lift Mike Myers' eponymous ogre out of his slough of despondency and serve as long-eared Cupid in his romance with Cameron Diaz's princess. The movie runs on his delightful spirit--and runs right past an adult's expectations for animation. We usually hope not to get too restless as we indulge the kids in their cinematic treats. But this pretty, fractured fairy tale offers us real wit--including some nice, satirical hits on the Disney tradition--while still giving the wee ones plenty of broad, silly...