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...Mackenzie, the daughter of the President (Michael Keaton), who yearns for a normal life. She leaves for college, where she realizes quickly her dream will be hard to achieve, but luckily meets and falls for her hunky resident advisor, James (Mark Blucas). There are some phenomenal moments in the spirit of the great teen movies of yore, but sadly not enough to carry the audience through. Ultimately, First Daughter takes itself too seriously and is not compelling enough to be serious...
...territorial, genetic or even economic contradictions” are not accepted by tawhid, says the 20th century Muslim philosopher Ali Shariati, “for it [tawhid] implies a mode of looking upon all being as a unity.” Thus, the killers were acting contrary to the spirit of tawhid by killing a man on the basis of his race and nationality...
...liked it,” he said. “I thought it really captured the spirit of the book, the spirit of that year and was really powerful and intense...
...university’s culture has become a part of my patchwork; my moral fiber; my being. I have offered my mind and flesh to the young people on this campus with an intense humility. Harvard’s shield of Veritas, meaning truth, is now emblazoned into my spirit. It will bleed through my soul until I die a satisfied human on this great blue marble I call Mother Planet...
Spearheading one camp is Sony, which is promoting a technology it calls Blu-ray. Sony quickly enlisted Matsushita, Philips and Pioneer, among others, as allies in its cause. All was going well in this spirit of selfless cooperation, Sony claims, until Toshiba decided to ruin the party. "We have had many, many meetings with Toshiba," says project director Kiyoshi Nishitani. But when it came to explaining the benefits of joining the alliance, he adds with a shake of his head, "we could not get them to understand...