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...noticed that Clinton's image on the cover obstructed the m in TIME, leaving the word tie above her head. Great hidden message! Ric Timmers, Bear...
...Clinton's image on the cover obstructed them in TIME, leaving the word TIE above her head. Great hidden message! Ric Timmers, Bear, Delaware...
What Huckabee lacked in resources he more than made up for in showmanship, including campaign tours with actor Chuck Norris and professional wrestler Ric Flair. In a Republican field of awkward campaigners, Huckabee shined as a rare politician who mastered the art of oratory. His style, filled with emotion and alliteration, followed the rolling pace of a Baptist preacher, his former profession. When he talked about Washington politicians, he spoke of "civilians in suits and silk ties." When he mentioned the military, he spoke of "generals with mud and blood on their boots." He railed against the "Washington-to-Wall...
...Director Thomas Langmann - who co-helmed the movie with fellow Frenchman Frédéric Forestier - told the daily Le Parisien that the challenge this time is to "compete with American cinema, without betraying our own identity". To broaden the appeal, he also cast stars from across Europe, like Spaniard Santiago Segura, Germany's Michael Herbig, as well as Australian wrestling colossus Nathan Jones. "We could either have aimed to target 60 million viewers in France alone, or 300 million potential viewers throughout Europe. I decided to go for the second option," Langmann said...
Another problem may be the subsidies, which critics say ensure mediocrity. In his widely discussed 2006 book On Culture in America, former French cultural attaché Frédéric Martel marvels at how the U.S. can produce so much "high" culture of lofty quality with hardly any government support. He concludes that subsidy policies like France's discourage private participants - and money - from entering the cultural space. Martel observes: "If the Culture Ministry is nowhere to be found, cultural life is everywhere...