Word: rife
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Black Book is different from the many other movies about the resistance during World War II. It is sexy where they tend to be romantically chaste and wistful. It is realistic - that is to say it shows the underground to be rife with morally ambiguous behavior instead of universally populated by idealist-martyrs. And in action terms it moves like a runaway train - murders, gun fights, chases, torture sessions, follow one another in dizzying succession - in contrast to most such films, which tend to focus on people standing around looking dour and anxious while moodily plotting to blow...
...Relying on the oral history of one family, without corroboration from other sources. is what offends historians like Giles Wright, an Underground Railroad expert who works for the New Jersey Historical Commission. "The Underground Railroad is so rife with distortions and misinformation, and this is just one more instance when someone comes across folklore and assumes it's true," he says...
...released in 2004 by OutHere records and continues to be one of the top-selling hip hop albums in Tanzania.But X Plastaz’s success has proved to be a double-edged sword.Now, the group faces problems protecting their copyrights. According to them, the African music industry is rife with bureaucratic corruption, and in the absence of a strong rule of law, the sale of pirated CDs has become widespread.“Exploitation of artists is everywhere,” says Gsann.In an attempt to capitalize on the success of X Plastaz in and around Tanzania, local radio...
...Best Actress statuette, assuming Academy voters ignore her earlier on-the-record remark calling the Oscars “the crème-de-la-crème of bullshit.” Her Majesty is quite right, in my opinion, as this year’s Oscars are rife with the usual mistakes and oversights. “Little Children” should have been nominated for Best Picture over the overwrought “Babel,” and “Letters” star Ken Watanabe’s Best Actor snub is a terrible omission...
...could be tens of thousands of bills awaiting attention, some of them dating back more than 30 years. Hubris is another problem. Responsible for policing themselves, legislators have gone easy on those involved in alleged wrongdoing and acquitted many of those accused of involvement in the scandals. Avarice is rife: faced with better offers, 194 deputies swapped parties during the last session and 14 of the new batch have switched their affiliation before even taking office. The problem for Lula and Brazil is that changing that putrid political system involves politicians voting for their demise. That isn't going...