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...fact, the scent of weed was redolent among Globe finalists. Robert Downey, Jr., who might have been named for his starring role in Iron Man - except that the HFPA, like the other critics groups, has an unwritten rule outlawing blockbuster action pictures - found a place in Supporting Actor, as the doped-out, blackfaced Method actor in Tropic Thunder (also from the Apatow factory). He was joined in that category by another Thunder actor, Tom Cruise. He does a splendidly sulfurous comic turn as a movie studio exec; but, as the Globe committee hardly needs to be reminded, he's also...
...seemed especially pressing as the calls for democracy in the region have become softer to offer an alternative policy driven by the rule of law,” Feldman wrote...
Obama, he said, was an exception, not necessarily a rule. “Most job interviews don’t last 18 months to 2 years,” Wise said about the presidential campaign...
...group of prominent Chinese scholars, lawyers and former officials issued a manifesto this week calling on the Communist Party to back wide-ranging political reforms including direct elections, a separation of powers and the rehabilitation of people persecuted under authoritarian rule...
...Chinese government's approach to 'modernization' has proven disastrous," the charter states. "It has stripped people of their rights, destroyed their dignity and corrupted normal human intercourse. So we ask: Where is China headed in the 21st century? Will it continue with 'modernization' under authoritarian rule, or will it embrace universal human values, join the mainstream of civilized nations and build a democratic system? There can be no avoiding these questions...