Word: retreated
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...weren't for the memory of how fresh and joyful their 1996 film Swingers was, the Jon Favreau-Vince Vaughn comedy Couples Retreat might seem like any other broad, dumb movie - the kind Ben Stiller churns out with alarming regularity - with a sizable budget; a gorgeous location; funny dudes; pretty, bikini-ready women; and plenty of sex jokes. Not great but not terrible. But this movie, which plays out like the fulfillment of the Swingers dudes' worst nightmares, is just sad. (See TIME's fall entertainment preview...
...agree (most likely minus a small Commander in Chief tax to show who's really in charge). But if McChrystal can't promise something resembling success by 2012, look for Obama to shift to a more modest strategy, with more modest goals, and paint it as realism rather than retreat...
...chair Kevin M. Mee '10 could easily explain why 45.2 percent of students voted for this children's book-turned-movie, while the runner-up (Couples Retreat) garnered only 25.2 percent of the vote...
...time Deng and his compatriots came to power in 1978, China was traumatized, tired and alienated by 30 years of Maoist experiments and totalitarian controls. Deng's wisdom was to recognize that the state needed to retreat from society and the economy if the creative and entrepreneurial spirits of ordinary Chinese were to be unleashed...
...Fixer” is also the best showcase for the band’s newfound verve; it is propelled by a simple but catchy melody, stadium chant chorus, and exhilarated playing. The pervasive optimism is part of what makes the album so timely. With the recession in retreat, and hope and change the buzzwords of a new president, Pearl Jam show that it is possible for rock to embody a new, forward-looking American spirit. The album’s hardest rocking songs are also its most exultant. “Gonna See My Friend...