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...into pretzels for the love of frenzied, myopic special interests, who think that smart politics means complaining about the cost of Bush's trip to the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln rather than finding some alternative and more inspirational way to capture the public's attention. If the Democrats want to transcend their perpetual pickiness, their inability to rise above the bite-size, they are going to have to find a candidate talented and fearless enough to meet the public without having to consult a focus group first. In the end, talent can make the most carefully massaged message sound fresh...
...Pune, believing that writing for the screen couldn't be too different than writing for the stage. But the New Wave movement was revolutionizing cinema around the globe and inspiring protean directors, from Martin Scorsese in the U.S. to Nagisa Oshima in Japan. Adoor realized that movies could transcend mass entertainment to become art. "I discovered cinema," he says. "Before I thought it was spectacle, something interesting, nothing more than that. Then I discovered the language of cinema, the very experience of cinema as a high art form." After his graduation in 1965, Adoor returned home and took...
Still, Winter says she remains confident that relations between people will be able to transcend relations between states...
Though she couldn’t make it to Drag Bingo, Sarah says, “I love hanging out with people who transcend social boundaries, whether it be gender, sexuality, whatever. Bingo night would probably have been a cool place to hang...
Members say the personal-prelate distinction allows Opus Dei’s influence to transcend geography; whereas the Boston Archdiocese is defined by its location, Opus Dei is defined by its persons. Others point out that the special status exempts Opus Dei from the usual lines of accountability—the local diocese has no authority over the actions of Opus Dei priests...