Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...counsel should be someone well known and respected, at least within the legal profession; probably retired or semi-retired (because he or she could not be involved in any active litigation); and preferably a Republican. How broad or narrow will the probe be? Said Justice Department spokesman Carl Stern: "We're not going to tell the special counsel what to investigate. He or she is going to tell...
...HOWARD STERN...
...taught and conditioned to believe, that "queens are funny; queens are weird...all they want to do is get into your pants." It is through Joe Miller that society's "fear [and] loathing of homosexuals" is vented for all to see. Jason Robards as Charles Wheeler is stern and imposing, just as a pillar of the establishment should be; but Wheeler, like most of the characters in this movie, is hardly a caricature...
Schindler is a friend to both Stern and Goeth, and the movie develops into a kind of triangle where Stern is the angel of good and Goeth the angel of evil battling for Schindler's soul. As the film progresses, Schindler finally opens his eyes to the atrocities committed by the Nazis. When the orders come that the labor camp must be dismantled and all Jews sent to Auschwitz, Schindler manages to buy the lives of 1,100 Jews...
...great part to Liam Neeson's outstanding performance. Neeson presents a remarkably full-bodied character; the charmer, the rogue, the womanizer, the profiteer and the hero in him all get their due. Neeson is ably supported by Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes. Kingsley is a marvel as Itzhak Stern, summoning up fierce, quiet dignity and sly humor, while Fiennes is terrifying and complex as Amon Goeth...