Word: silentes
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...quiet, watchful, chronically insecure (even by adolescent standards) girl who transfers from her Indiana public high school to an exclusive Massachusetts boarding school. More than a peek inside the dorm rooms of the élite, it's an astonishing portrait of what it's like to be that silent girl whom nobody notices...
...from a specially invited crowd of ministers and church leaders,†according to the Chicago Sun-Times.According to Professor Jason W. Stevens, who teaches English 197, “Religion and American Film,†Biblical themes have been present in the American cinema since the silent era. However, in the past, these movies either aimed for a broad audience or were “movies by the faithful made for the faithful†with a limited distribution. The phenomenon of explicit Christian media in mass culture and of marketing that specifically targets Christians...
...imprisoned and interrogated for five months. El Masri said he was tortured, and is now suing the CIA and its former director George Tenet over the incident. Some German opposition figures say Schily and Steinmeier tacitly cooperated with the U.S. policy of secret "renditions" by agreeing to remain silent at Washington's behest. A parliamentary investigation could be launched as early as next week. A separate Council of Europe investigation, meanwhile, is looking into claims that the CIA had bases in several eastern European countries...
...Georgia. Yet here the public at large seems to show little taste for rebellion. Opinion polls are highly unreliable: some show 60% of the population opposes Lukashenko, but others say 60% support him. The Belarusian character is temperate and slow to anger, and so far, the majority has kept silent. So Belarus could remain in Lukashenko's grip for some time to come. Last year, in a referendum widely censured as fraudulent, the President rammed through a constitutional change allowing him unlimited terms in office. By next July, he intends to run for his third five-year term, in effect...
...advertising to bring life to the city. The omnipresent police keep crime in check, but also beat up "undesirables" in broad daylight. Some modern shops stock luxury consumer goods - at least in their windows - but most shoppers earn wages that barely cover staples. At night harsh floodlights glare over silent, empty streets. Exporting leftover Soviet weapons worldwide and, allegedly, serving as a conduit for illegal arms trafficking from Russia, help keep the Lukashenko state afloat. It is also dependent on Russia for the country's main legitimate source of income: two oil refineries that process cheap Russian crude and sell...