Word: trapping
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...THAT SOUNDS EASY, BUT THEY FEEL LIKE A NECESSITY. Feels is the operative word. That's the trap. You set it up that you have to instant message, you have to e-mail and keep your cell phone on endlessly. I'm not saying don't do those things. Properly used, they are wonderful. Improperly used, they are destructive. So I think it's a matter of our learning how to use our technology properly, instead of letting...
...thereafter, they’d likely be no worse than the coverage problems inherent in traditional print journalism, and in fact the ease of entry might even make blogging substantially more even-handed.But in the meantime, it pays to be wary. It’s easy to fall into a trap wherein one believes that by reading the opinions of a few ostensibly well-informed pundits one is oneself well informed. As we saw in December, blogs can do a lot to improve the state of political discourse, and they can do it in ways traditional papers are not yet agile...
...create a balance between political powers." But after seeing the preliminary results--by most accounts, a strong showing for the Shi'ite religious parties--his view has changed. Now he sees the election, which Sunnis have claimed was marred by widespread fraud and should be rerun, as "a trap." Al-Anbari says his group's attacks will continue, and he is helping to bring together different insurgent groups on a provincial level...
...vague and undefined spaces. Although the events theoretically take place at the turn of the century, the set is defined by extremely modern elements. The most obvious of these is the line of red lights that frames the entire stage, including much of the top, as if to trap the characters within the confines of the set. Corrugated, graffitied iron extends beyond the lights. Within the lit frame, however, the décor is not incompatible with the early 1900s. The red lights are not the only delineating separating feature of the set, which was also designed by Lupa...
...Ledger, Gyllenhaal, Hathaway, and Dawson’s Creek starlet Michelle Williams all give exceptional performances, particularly considering their anemic previous appearances. Williams is especially remarkable as Ennis’s wife, a character who is both angry at her husband’s infidelity and sympathetic for the trap he’s in. The acting isn’t as “daring” as you might have heard, but this is hardly a fault. The performances are very committed, and never showy. “Brokeback Mountain” this week has picked...