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...masses against Marcos, a moment of triumph they have never forgotten. The fact that a high percentage of Filipinos loved Estrada was exasperating. Even more inconvenient was his grip on the Senate, which seemed to ensure that he would stay in power. The solution: to bring hundreds of thousands of Filipinos onto Manila's streets. But the Philippine polity is 77 million-strong. Was this a revolution of the Filipino people - or of a few hundred thousand Filipinos prompted by a few hundred powerful individuals...
...fails to provide it, along with a few thousand more megawatts of electricity, his own political future will start running out of energy...
...Save the Last Dance" draws some of its core plot from a thousand other star- crossed-lovers stories (think Romeo and Juliet) and its basic style from a thousand other fast-cutting MTV-influenced films (think "Romeo and Juliet" as directed by Baz Luhrmann). Julia Stiles ("Ten Things I Hate About You") plays Sara, an aspiring dancer who, after a family tragedy, transfers from her comfortable suburban school to a mostly minority school in the inner city. Once there, she encounters Derek (played by Sean Patrick Thomas, previously seen in "Cruel Intentions"), a black student at her new school...
...weren't invited to Davos? Well, make a few acquisitions, slash a few thousand jobs and maybe your company can claw its way to the level of the world's top 1,000 corporate titans. Either that or get your supporters to make enough ruckus on the streets outside to convince the power players they're better off meeting you over mulled wine and fondue...
...know what I'm talking about. The intensity could not be matched in a thousand Harvard-Yale contests. The finesse rivals even the deftest touch of a squash racquet, and the mental toughness tops that of the most unshakeable pitcher...