Word: shaking
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...good thing, too, since the supporting cast does not add much. Thomas Ian Griffith makes for a striking, if rather dull, villain, leering savagely but saying little of interest. Daniel Baldwin has a solid rapport with Woods and brings a rugged toughness to Montoya, but he can't shake his comical "Baldwin brother" reputation (he's the portly one) and brings utterly no credence to his silly romantic subplot with Sheryl Lee's Katrina...
...Bush brothers in Texas and Florida indicate that the moderate wing of the Republican Party, and not the reactionary wing, has a future. The Democratic resurgence in the South, marked by the capture of two Senate seats and two governorships (in Georgia and South Carolina), is a welcome shake-up to the country's regional political divide...
...anti-Cellucci sentiment was apparently universal in this community, at least among those talking. "I think Cellucci is arrogant. He's one of the have-nots, one of those politicians that you don't see until the elections when they come down and shake hands as if you're his best friend," said Stacy Burlew, toting an oversize purse and two small children. "I called down to get his statement on childcare," she went on, "but he didn't even have one. Harshbarger was able to send me a 20-page report...
...actually didn't know each other well. Nor had Arafat ever met Ariel Sharon, the hard-liner Netanyahu recently named Foreign Minister. The hulking former general showed up two days late, sweeping into dinner, right past Arafat's gesture of welcome, refusing to shake hands or even look at the man he calls a terrorist and murderer. Instead Sharon focused on some Arafat aides with whom he has held talks this year. While he never did shake Arafat's hand, an official says they "talked...
...this summer's shake-out among hedge funds (big buyers of junk paper), coupled with a belief in an imminent recession, has widened the spread between high-yield and government bonds to extraordinary levels. Speculative bonds now yield almost double what you get on risk-free Treasury bonds--a remarkable opportunity...