Word: thingness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Likes People" The thing about the people Apatow mentors is that they're all men. His films are about men growing up and men helping men grow up and men being just shy of gay as they tease one another about being gay as they help one another grow up. There are smart, successful women in the movies, but other than his wife, they never join the troupe. "We're all really uncomfortable around girls, for the most part," says Rogen. "I imagine that has something to do with it." This annoys a lot of critics, male and female...
...everything right"—had not been asked to join Obama, Gates, and Crowley—"the three highly trained guys who reacted badly"—at the White House. She said that Whalen "doesn't like beer anyways" and joked that "maybe it's a guy thing," but added that she thought it was "strange" how little positive attention has been paid to Whalen...
...sipping a Pepsi and the next thing I knew I was in jail." " - Daniel Boyd, to a Washington Post reporter in 1991 before the Pakistani Supreme Court overturned his bank robbery conviction (Washington Post...
...into more strictly ideological parties. Put all these factors in the cauldron and you create a poisonous atmosphere that makes legislative action on big issues almost impossible. It is also a prescription for conservative governance of the sort that has thrived since Ronald Reagan. Doing nothing is the easiest thing. (Read TIME's exclusive health-care interview with Obama...
...there are more pressing matters. The protesters are preparing for Thursday's expected battle in the streets, readying surgical masks, dousing handkerchiefs with vinegar to lessen the effects of tear gas and circulating routes for candle vigils and silent marches. One thing is for sure: they won't get much rest. Demonstrations are already being planned for the middle of next week during an important religious festival and the inauguration of Ahmadinejad...