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...enlist him to take on their employer, a shady real estate tycoon who blunts the offensive by offering Dan a free apartment. Dan has an affair with a fresh-from-the-countryside "masseuse" and resolves to right a dreadful wrong she has suffered. But Dan is torn between his thirst for justice and his lust for sex and sea snails. By the time he stirs himself into action, it's difficult to tell whether Dan is a hero or just another guy whose hunger gets the best of him. Through Dan, The Uninvited deftly describes a country that...
...China has largely ignored such criticisms in the past, and that's unlikely to change. The primary impetus for China's drive into Africa is the raging thirst for oil of its booming economy, and the need to cultivate energy supplies beyond the Middle East. With Angola recent superseding Saudi Arabia as China's largest supplier of oil, Beijing sees the policy as a success, and it is unlikely to be put at risk by prioritizing political concerns. And, of course, the bedrock of China's foreign policy has always been non-interference in the internal affairs of other nations...
Slake your cult classic thirst with “Donnie Darko” at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. If you thought Frank was scary the first time around, wait till you see the big silver bunny on the big silver screen. You don’t have to dress in 80’s gear, but we recommend...
...Gehrig's disease, wished for the freedom of a hot-air-balloon ride with her family. Before the trip, she anticipated looking down on the countryside where she used to run, ride her bike and take walks. "My body is dying, but my mind still has a thirst for life," Reaves said in an e-mail. "I hope to show people with ALS and other disabilities that they don't have to be limited to ... only those roads where their wheelchairs will take them...
...bulldozers are flattening a patch of ground for a helipad. The vineyards will produce homegrown white wines this month, and the first reds will be ready to drink by Christmas. Wine on tap could prove useful if any of L'Andana's future guests share our deep and gorgeous thirst. The sommelier, Yuka Maekawa, concealed any surprise at our rate of consumption but packed a few surprises of her own. Female Japanese sommeliers aren't thick on the ground in Italy; yet the biggest break from tradition was her determination to steer us away from pricey bottles to cheaper choices...