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...Lighter fare was let down. The Globes was supposed to be the event for comedies like 40-Year-old Virgin and Wedding Crashers to have a chance at a big prize. Instead, super-serious biopic Walk The Line stole the Musical-Comedy categories, while the real laughers weren?t even invited to the ball. There?s something funny about that...
...lacked as a novel-in effect, he borrowed a little extra emotional oomph from his trusting readers, who treated his narrative as 100% lived experience, real dues paid by a real person. That's not trivial. If Frey wasn't entitled to that immediacy and that force-if he stole that oomph rather than borrowed it-well, that's cheating. And he should come clean and give it back...
Back in the 1930s, when confronted with clear evidence he had violated the law, Georgia's then agriculture commissioner and gubernatorial candidate Eugene Talmadge popped his bright red suspenders and dared those accusing him of corruption to do something about it, declaring, "Sure, I stole, but I stole for you." He was elected Governor in 1932. Accused of breaking the law in the current debate over electronic spying, President George W. Bush has, in his own way, dared the American people to do something about it. For the sake of our Constitution, I hope they will...
WHAT I DID OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK Most teenagers would consider sneaking off to a party enough excitement for the holidays. FARRIS HASSAN, 16, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., stole away to a war zone. Hassan, the U.S.-born son of Iraqi Americans, wanted to travel to Baghdad to better understand the plight of Iraq's citizens. "I thought I'd go the extra mile for that or, rather, a few thousand miles," says Hassan, who left the U.S. Dec. 11, notifying his family in an e-mail from the road. The teen bought a $900 plane ticket to Kuwait with money...
...boards and dished out five assists.“They’ve got a lot of tough covers, and they pass really well,” Sullivan said. “It’s not a fluke that they’re ranked.”Smith stole the show, however, as he nailed a shot from the left baseline while lying down after he tripped when making a move to his left. After stumbling to the ground, Smith lofted the ball toward the hoop. It hit the front rim and bounced straight up in the air before...