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...flank the facade of our cathedral. Pull ‘n’ Peel Twizzlers would form delicate tracery, and peppermints would substitute for portholes. Hershey’s Kisses would adorn the tops of our tallest towers. And spice drops would comprise Notre-Dame’s trademark rose windows. After centuries away, indulgence would finally return to the Church.At first, setbacks threatened to foil our quest. Indeed, the very cardboard foundation upon which we began our construction was unsteady and pushed our walls apart during construction. Our mortar was too wet and couldn’t withstand...
...three Charlie Wilson stars got nominated. Which brings to seven the number of nominees playing actual people: Marion Cotillard's Edith Piaf (in La Vie en rose), Casey Affleck's Bob Ford (in The Assassination of...) and Cate Blanchett's Queen Elizabeth (The Golden Age) and Bob Dylan (I'm Not There). Unfortunate omission: Mathieu Amalric in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, the much-lauded French film about a magazine editor who suffers a stroke and is able to move only one eye. The Globers also ignored Crowe's real-life cop in Am Gang...
...asks. Yazegi, dressed in a black T shirt and matching denim jacket and jeans, looks as if he stepped out of a "Pepsi Generation" ad. On average, the Yazegis sold 10,000 cases of 2-L six-packs of Pepsi and 7Up a day, though demand often rose during the hot, humid summer months There is no Coke franchise in Gaza. Before the blockade, the National Beverage Company (the West Bank Coke bottler) trucked it into Gaza from Ramallah. Back then, a bottle of Pepsi sold for 65¢. Now a bottle costs $1.30--if you can find...
...hike out is a wet blur in my memory, except for when we had to ford a flooded river using ropes in a sort of life-or-death trust fall. In testimonials printed on FOP’s promotional materials, this should have been the moment when I rose to the challenge, mastered my fear, and remained changed forever. In real life, I shouted a few profanities as my grip on the rope slipped and the team leader was forced to lug me across the river with...
...running near 8,000% when he took power. When Congress rejected strict anti-terrorism legislation, Fujimori simply closed it and the judiciary in April 1992, announcing that he would rule by decree. A few months later, the leaders of two brutal insurgencies were captured and Fujimori's star rose further...