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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...large, stalwart cast I especially liked Ray Winstone as Frank's ruthless hit man, and Farmiga as the woman two lonely men need to confide in or betray. DiCaprio is the standout. Every second of Billy's life is as a spy behind enemy lines; DiCaprio shows the tension such a man feels, the determination and the grace inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Faithful Departed | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

...years since Time first published an Atlantic edition, we've covered wars, revolutions and their aftermath - the hard years following World War II; the tension of the cold war and, later, its end; revolution in Hungary; the long miserable war of the Yugoslav succession in the Balkans. But Europe is now prosperous other stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sixty Years, New Frontiers | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

DICAPRIO: That is true. It was a tension-filled set. Was it fun working with all these guys? No, it wasn't fun. You have the occasional joke to break the tension, but there's this intense energy every moment, people trying to pull their hair out trying to make the thing authentic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gang's All Here | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

...addresses Willie Stark’s duality as an effective governor and a corrupt man, stealing money even as he builds the roads and hospitals he promised the people. The producers expressed high hopes for the film’s reception abroad. The themes and “the tension between ends and means” are universal, said Thwaites. He noted that many other countries have a “less Pollyanna view” of government than America, that they care about results—like roads and hospitals—but have less of an expectation that...

Author: By Reva P. Minkoff and Melissa Quino mccreery, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: IOP Hosts Talk Fit For A 'King' | 9/28/2006 | See Source »

During a speech in an academic setting two weeks ago, Benedict XVI said something that offended many people and made headlines around the world. By way of introducing a discourse on the tension between religion and reason, he quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor who argued that Islam contained “evil and inhuman” elements. Muslims around the world objected to the quotation...

Author: By Andrew C. Esensten | Title: What, Me Apologize? | 9/28/2006 | See Source »

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