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...minutes. The movie achieves emotional depth, however, in the scenes with Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino. After Bolt discovers he never had superpowers, it’s up to Mittens to teach him how to be a real dog. She instructs him to put his head out the window and stick his tongue out—something he does reluctantly and awkwardly. This moment—one of the best and most understated of the film—makes a refreshing statement: sometimes it’s better simply to be normal than a superhero. Talking about the benefits of keeping...
...homeowner relief, such as revising interest rates and other mortgage terms. This month, in advance of the Dec. 1 deadline cities face for submitting plans for their NSP funds, Miami Gardens councilman Andre Williams sent the Bush Administration a request to permit the city to use a "carrot-and-stick approach." "Can we," Williams asked, "steer our NSP funds to banks that promise to modify loans of homeowners threatened by foreclosure in our community and ignore banks that do nothing...
...lenders insist they need neither carrot nor stick to do what's right in this emergency, and indeed, many banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo, have already instituted loan-modification programs (if only, critics say, to head off any government-imposed solution). "We've always been committed to foreclosure outreach," says Joe Ohayon, vice president at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, one of seven lending institutions that voluntarily took part in the Miami Gardens clinic and have won praise from Miami Gardens officials. "And we're just as committed to working with the cities, because they're viewed...
...long, perceptions of Iran have been dominated by its nuclear saber-rattling and Islamist bluster. Transit Tehran shows us that young Iranians are willing to stick their necks out in the hope that we will look beyond those stereotypes...
...stick-breaking powerhouse like contemporaries Keith Moon and John Bonham, Mitchell nevertheless helped revolutionize rock drumming with his finesse. As journalist and musician Felix Contreras noted, Mitchell held his sticks like a jazz player, lightly between his thumb and two fingers, sometimes losing them during performances, to little negative effect. Still, he could propel a song: on tracks like "Fire" and "Manic Depression" he proved a perfect match for Hendrix's guitar. Even after the band split, the two performed together at Woodstock...