Word: successful
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...burgeoning friendship between a homeless Japanese girl and an aging German man is that the relationship transcends labels—it is neither sexual nor paternal. Instead, these two are spiritual partners in life, sharing a mutual obligation to help each other find beauty in loss while overcoming grief.The success of this film rides on the fact that Dörrie guided what could have been an overtly maudlin disaster into an aesthetically stunning and thematically satisfying piece of visual art. But the movie falters when it begins to show signs of the skewed persepctive that so often characterizes...
...exchanges with various people, addressing the same issue, are viewed side-by-side. While he claims that SI has no need to “fabricate fake disciples,” he is constantly trying to appease and manipulate his colleagues. He often addresses Pinot Gallizio, the elderly, successful painter of the early SI as “Carissimo, Grande e Nobile,” which translates to “dearest, great and noble.” The collection also serves to show his willingness to disown the members when they prove a hindrance to the Situationist movement. Within...
...perform in the street and see how much money I could make’ and when Matt asked me if I wanted to play with him I got excited because no one ever seriously asked me to play in the street before.”Ali and Coogan found success in Brattle Square, earning as much as $50 for one evening of performing, but they were also confronted with unexpected challenges. After their first performance, the two had learned that scoping out a favorable spot in the Square was a competitive sport, bringing extra sheet music comes in handy when...
...keep throwing money at a housing policy that concentrates poor families in massive housing projects and hopes for the best. We can't keep wishing kids into success by simply declaring that no child will be left behind. We must stop treating the poor as laboratory subjects that we tinker with in our pricey think tanks and universities." - in a 2007 speech, New York Times...
...farmers' market to wow crowds and buy a Canadian cinnamon-and-sugar pastry known as a beaver tail. He has set a higher bar for the U.S.-Canada partnership than perhaps any President before. But with the goodwill generated from his first charm offensive, his chances of success look pretty good...