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...them, tighter than ever. The major characters all are in need of sensitivity training, and they all get it, often just before they die. They beg for forgiveness, understanding, and love. The emotions are so exalted, the movie is like opera without the arias. And virtually all of these sob-sisters are guys. It's got more noble man-love than any movie since ... well, since 300, except that these action figures don't have the Spartans' gigantic, tumorous abs. I can hear the fanboys shouting, "There's no crying in action movies!" I can't imagine them hugging this...
...years when Maxine died after a stroke earlier this year. "Her death wasn't a surprise, and I handled everything right after the funeral with ease," says John, 74, a retired health-care worker in Nashville, Tenn. But five weeks later, he woke up one morning and began to sob. "My world had caved in, and I wanted to die," he says. As the tears flowed, he wondered how he could go on without his best friend and the love of his life...
...western media lap up the sob stories dished out by apologists for the jihadists vowing destruction of everything un-Islamic on the face of the earth? Attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez, arguing the case of detainee al-Qahtani, is obviously an interested party. Otherwise she would not have gone fishing for the kind of information she dishes out to gullible liberal media. She has been conditioned to use anything she can find against the government and paint al-Qahtani as an innocent victim, no matter what the truth is. Why doesn't Time get stories from those who are on the receiving...
...prisoners by denying them basic human rights and decency, then we are no better than the very organizations we are fighting. Against whom will the abusive interrogation techniques be used next - hardened criminals, drug dealers and political activists? Gilbert Laraque Miami Why do the Western media lap up the sob stories dished out by apologists for the jihadists vowing destruction of everything un-Islamic on the face of the earth? Attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez, arguing the case of detainee al-Qahtani, is obviously an interested party. Otherwise she would not have gone fishing for the kind of information she dishes...
...alleged scam involved listing her Cambridge apartment for rent on Craigslist.com, convincing interested renters to pay her the first and last month’s rent, and then at the last minute making up sob stories—such as the death or sickness of a parent—to back out of the deal. The scam left victims struggling for months with a trail of excuses and bad checks in an effort to recover their money...