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...sister, Léa (Elsa Zylberstein), arrives to conduct Juliette to what amounts to her new life - as a guest in Léa's home, which consists of Luc, her grumpy husband, two adopted daughters and Luc's father, who is unfailingly cheerful despite the fact that a stroke has rendered him mute. It's an inherently awkward situation, rendered much more so by the fact that Juliette has just been released from jail, where she served 15 years for an unspecified but obviously heinous crime...
Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that's all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation...
...Palin's spokesperson, Tracey Schmitt, has dismissed the hoopla surrounding the Republican vice-presidential candidate's shopping sprees (or rather, her stylist's shopping sprees) and added that the clothing would all be donated to charity anyway (at the stroke of midnight). What is a charity going to do with an old Valentino jacket that doesn't have much resale value anyway? And, more importantly, why does a "no-frills" middle class hockey mom from Alaska need to buy designer clothing when there are fantastic facsimiles to be found at one tenth of the price at places like Zara...
...thought it would be the most inappropriate name for the music community that I was involved with. And some people really hated it. I was playing with some really serious academic laptop musician, and he'd play first and sit there and stare at his screen and people would stroke their chins and take notes. And then I get up there and I have a pre-recorded introduction and outfit changes. So yeah, a lot of people hated...
...lead. Sophomore forward Leigh McCoy got the ball at midfield and sprinted down the right sideline towards the goal. Before she reached the baseline, McCoy sent a cross in front of the net intended for sophomore forward Maggie McVeigh. The pass was delivered perfectly and McVeigh put a good stroke on the ball, but Berkowitz made a sprawling save and managed to stop the ball with her stick just before it crossed the goal line...