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While this might not be the most accurate portrayal of real life in India, it is a pretty good representation of the country’s cinema. Affectionately known as Bollywood, this genre of film defines itself through a melodramatic tone and a more than liberal use of grandiose choreographed dance scenes. While, the average American audience might find this all to be a bit silly at first, it’s Chadha’s use of this style that makes this film so noteworthy and enjoyable...
...sound. Straying from the Elysian Fields and bird-fluttered skies that comprised the melodies of their first album, Gonzalez lets tracks like “In the Cold I’m Standing” and “Car Chase Terror!” set a disturbingly murky tone for his thematic reincarnation. Lyrics like “A piece of brain in my hair / The wheels are melting” from the album’s lead single, “Don’t Save Us From the Flames,” are whispered against a howling...
...former Barbour aide told me: “The thinking was that if we set a tone that encouraged bipartisanship, what would we be dealing with? Left-wing legislation with a patina of bipartisan cooperation. And what would be the result? More Democrat [sic] victories. We needed to show that Clinton and his party were governing in the wrong direction and therefore Republicans stubbornly opposed him and [the Democrats] couldn’t be trusted. It teed us up perfectly...
...faith of liberal Catholic figures like former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. During last year's election campaign, Jugis and at least two other Southern bishops publicly argued that Catholic politicians who favor abortion rights should be denied Holy Communion, a move endorsed by many Southern Catholics as the tone they believe the church should...
...North Korea back into the six-party talks, two conditions must be satisfied. First, the Bush Administration must stop insulting and overtly threatening Kim Jong Il by talking about "regime change" or "regime transformation." That condition may have been satisfied, at least for the moment, by the moderate tone of the State of the Union address. Second, as in the past, China must offer a suitable financial inducement to Pyongyang to come to Beijing...