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Finally, we come to the real reason the box-makers make their boxes: fear. They fear Republicans because there is one principle upon which we all agree, a basic thread which binds us all. We will not quit. We hold certain principles to be true and we will not stop pursuing them. We will fight. We will debate. We will not stop until this nation addresses its problems in a rational and responsible manner...
...abuse, he doctor is barely able to hold his bead up. As Fengxia enters labor, Fugui gets the doctor a basket of hot buns. The delivery is complicated and they call for the doctor, but has eaten so much be can't stand. Fengxia's life hangs by a thread and the only doctor for miles lies unconscious in the next room, stuffed with buns. Zhang Yimou takes inherently bland components and constructs a thing of beauty and dark humor...
...knew that they were hanging by a thread," Cohagan said. "We knew we just had to keep doing what we were doing...
...harass convoys ambushed at roadblocks. There are dozens of bridges and tunnels along the way from Sarajevo to the coast, all vulnerable to sabotage. NATO would fight back with armed helicopters, asserting control over localized chunks of the heights while the peacekeepers, protected by NATO tanks and artillery, slowly thread their way toward sanctuary. Mobile units would leapfrog from peak to peak, making for a slow, perilous pullout...
...derived from the colors of the French flag. If Kieslowski fails anywhere with "Red" it is in straying from the preconceived path. These films say little about the meaning of their titles. Instead of a trilogy, "Three Colors" is more like three films connected by a thin thread, the appearance in one film by the main characters of another...