Word: sparely
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TELEVISION The Black List HBO; Aug. 25; 9 p.m. E.T. This spare film collects 22 black celebrities' insights as told to critic Elvis Mitchell--from Toni Morrison (left) on how her race liberated her as a writer to Chris Rock on his dad's theory about competing with white people: "If you have six and the white guy has five, he wins...
...crowd waited, the atmosphere was part rock concert, part independence day celebration. Teens strolled hand in hand, swaying to the music, chatting and lighting candles. Roma worked the crowd for spare change. Red and white flags were sported as fashion accessories, bandanas, shawls, and miniskirts. "Sarko ! Sarko!" they roared in anticipation, before following up with "YUV-SHEN-KO!" Speakers boomed out rock and folk music, including a recent local hit called Freedom to which the crowd poignantly responded by swaying and chanting to the lyrics as if they'd been singing it all their lives. Even Georgian NBA basketball star...
...driving prices up and filling the Kremlin's coffers. Eastern and Western Europe are heavily dependent on gas from state-owned giant Gazprom (whose former chairman happens to be Dmitri Medvedev, Putin's puppet President.) Russia's oil exports are critical at a time when the world has no spare capacity for crude. How tough, seriously, can the West be with an aggressive Russia at this moment in history...
...worthy acting, but the Kingsley raves have been joined by tributes to Melissa Leo's work in this Sundance Festival winner. She's superb as a harried single mom who gets involved in running illegals across the Canadian border. The film matches Leo's desperate tenseness to create a spare, absorbing melodrama...
...terminal's 40 check-in desks and 100 self-service ticketing kiosks have been arranged on either side of security - many passengers arrive at the airport having already checked into their flights and printed their boarding passes at home. Hooper says the terminal's space is clean and spare enough to adapt to changing technology, allowing for further reconfigured security gates, in the future, or fewer check-in desks. "Right now travel is in a state of flux," says Hooper. "One day everybody might even have a chip in their suitcase programmed with information on where it's supposed...