Word: secrete
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have a real way of bringing a man down. Director Agnieszka Holland’s latest film “Copying Beethoven” captures such a slump, showing us the last, deafened days of Beethoven, with the Ninth at his back. Holland, who directed “The Secret Garden,” enlists Ed Harris to play the German genius, and though both director and star create much bluster and intensity, neither of them offer the audience much more than empty sound and fury. Apart from the music itself, the story told in the film is blatantly fictitious...
...hold dear as an American have been destroyed by this Republican-dominated government. Freedom of speech disappeared when Americans who spoke out against Bush's policies were labeled unpatriotic. The right to a fair trial exists only as long as we are not flown to Guant?namo Bay or a secret prison. I can no longer defend my country's policies. I hope the world understands that the Republicans are not representative of all the American people. Christine Buxton Geneva...
DIED. P.W. Botha, 90, apartheid- era South African President whose rigid defense of racial separation overshadowed his secret 1989 talks with jailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela; in Wilderness, South Africa. Known as the "Old Crocodile" for his fearsome temper, Botha made some reforms, giving Asians and mixed-race citizens--but not blacks--a limited voice in government. But he also oversaw the detention of tens of thousands of antiapartheid activists. Despite global pressure, he would not free Mandela, who was finally released in 1990, a year after F.W. de Klerk replaced Botha. And he refused to appear before the postapartheid...
...Number of people known to have been executed in China last year--81% of the world's total. The true number is a state secret but is thought to be much higher because executions are not always disclosed. To reduce capital punishment, China's government last week said the Supreme Court would review all death sentences...
...Number of people known to have been executed in China last year-81% of the world's total. The true number is a state secret, but is thought to be much higher because executions are not always disclosed. To reduce capital punishment, China's government last week said the Supreme Court would review all death sentences 68 Crimes that carry the death penalty in China, including tax evasion and drug smuggling