Word: stuck
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...says China's communist leaders have no sense of humor? When President Hu Jintao introduced the nation's new lineup of top leaders at the grand finale of the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, he stuck mostly to the near-robotic demeanor that has become his trademark. But when Hu named the new members of the party's Politburo Standing Committee - the nine-member body that effectively runs the country - he gave the faintest of smiles as he singled out Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang, the two top candidates to take over his job when he steps...
...turned out that this woman worked for the International Rescue Committee, and spent her days trying to aid those people who couldn’t ask her for help on the street. The story has always stuck with me, especially when I hear about a refugee crisis and realize how long these people are forced to live in such dire situations without anyone taking notice...
...Perhaps as a reward for this revenue-producing strategy, the hardball gods stuck it to Selig by having teams that play in two of the coldest major league cities, Denver and Boston, advance to a Series that could creep into November. A seventh game, if necessary, would be played on November 1 at Boston's Fenway Park...
...that is, the grief-maddened Ethan does not find and kill him before that happens. Put simply, the suspense of this movie derives less from its dramatic premise than it does from vivid, increasingly contrasted, characters. It sometimes feels a bit repetitive - each of the two men is stuck for too long in an immovable emotional place - but nonetheless its exploration of a terrible accident, which is also in some sense an incident we can imagine happening to us, is original and gripping...
...lunch," he said, recalling the roast-centered family meals when he was a boy back in Scotland. "You never missed it, or you were in serious trouble. It's how I went through my early years of childhood." Still, he resisted the obvious Proustian implications and stuck to the argument that while a civilian foodie would compile an elaborate, complicated meal, a chef appreciates the perfection in simplicity--a sentiment shared by Florence, a Food Network host. "One of the most brilliant meals I've ever had was at Il Cibreo in Florence. Or real authentic dim sum in Hong...