Word: silents
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...pine and pepper trees, and to make lemonade from my own lemon tree." While B.P. rode herd over Cecil B. De Mille and Ernst Lubitsch, Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich, the teenage Budd enjoyed the attention of his father's sexy stars. Clara Bow, the It Girl of silent pictures, ran her fingers through the boy's hair and even suggested they go out partying. (Flashback 1973: TIME Cover - Marlon Brando...
Indications from within Fatah suggest that the conference political document will reaffirm the Palestinians' right to resistance, specifying nonviolent challenges to the occupation but remaining silent on the question of armed resistance and the future of the Fatah-affiliated militants of al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade. It will flatly reject Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state, on the grounds that this undermines the rights of Palestinian refugees and of those with Israeli citizenship. It will also insist on a complete freeze on Jewish settlements in occupied territory as a precondition...
...Kremlin-backed President. (Kadyrov released a statement calling Estemirova's killing "monstrous.") She was well aware that her work jeopardized her safety. "In Chechnya, the government creates an atmosphere of fear and mistrust," Estemirova said in 2007 as she accepted a human-rights award. "Those who witness abuse keep silent, for if they speak, they can soon become a victim." By silencing this woman who spoke, her killers have victimized everyone...
...horror movie - is one he somehow survives, making him a figure of veneration to a small cult believing he can cure all ailments. That's the hope of Father Hyun's feeble school chum Kang-woo (Shin Ha-kyun), who lives with his termagant mom and his strangely silent, sullen young wife Tae-ju (Kim Ok-vin). What the family doesn't know is that the experiment has turned the good father into a vampire. The condition's benefits - he can bend lamp posts, scale high walls - don't always outweighs its liabilities. The food supply he needs is hard...
...there are more pressing matters. The protesters are preparing for Thursday's expected battle in the streets, readying surgical masks, dousing handkerchiefs with vinegar to lessen the effects of tear gas and circulating routes for candle vigils and silent marches. One thing is for sure: they won't get much rest. Demonstrations are already being planned for the middle of next week during an important religious festival and the inauguration of Ahmadinejad...