Word: shells
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...there's still something deeply absorbing about Michael Clayton, which stems largely from the way it allows its characters their quirks. You believe Arthur's temporary insanity, which is a matter of decent instincts overriding his professionalism. You believe that Pollack's apparent toughness is something of a shell. You sense a curious (and not unsympathetic) naivety in Swinton's corporate lawyer, especially in the scenes where, in private, she works the human kinks out of her public statements ensuring that they remain bland and full of falsity. Above all, the film allows Clooney's character his somewhat tormented relationship...
...losing two games on Saturday against Princeton and Johns Hopkins, 10-8 and 13-11, respectively.The frustration continued yesterday, as the Crimson finished the weekend with its largest margin of defeat, falling 17-11 to George Washington.Marked by offensive inconsistency and an unusual number of turnovers, Harvard resembled a shell of its normally balanced self en route to a frustratingly dismal weekend.“There were a couple of drops in intensity where our passes were about a foot off,” co-captain Chris Ludwick said. “The execution just wasn’t there...
...tragedy, in part, was created by 25 years of neglect of the public sphere, by the culture of neglect, that allowed the levees to crumble, that allowed the transportation system to erode to the point where it couldn't handle an evacuation, that allowed FEMA to be this hollow shell run by contractors, who couldn't seem to find the Superdome for days. So here you have a disaster that was in part a disaster created by this very ideology. And then you have billions of dollars liberated in the name of the victims of this tragedy and suddenly there...
...half after the plane did not descend, he was a little concerned. "We haven't stopped," he asked. "What is happening, why haven't we landed?" And then he was told of the abduction plan, and that he was being taken to Jeddah. And he was very shell shocked - "Oh my god, can they do this to me in broad daylight? Can they take me out like this, lying to my face? In front of dozens of my party workers?" He [told me], "look Shahbaz, I never expected that they would defy a clear verdict of the supreme court, that...
...spends 60% of her salary on her daily commute into Rangoon. Even upper-middle-class families are cutting back. Say Phaw Waa, a law student and daughter of a publishing-company executive, is considering joining a distance-learning program so her family won't have to shell out her bus fare to the university...