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...more to step in, he chose to wait to take office and exercise his full power - making a clean break and effectively laying all the blame on the previous Administration of Herbert Hoover. As Jonathan Alter writes in his book The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, "Roosevelt wanted to make sure that the people remembered that it was Republicans who had forgotten their interests. If this meant sitting by idly while the economy sunk lower, FDR could live with that...
...remember the title: A Christmas Tale. During the holidays, we are supposed to make our best reconciliatory efforts with our relatives and render our deepest distrusts and dislikes mute for a couple of days. Accordingly, this film is a triumph of willed optimism (or perhaps more accurately, of grudging good nature) over unhappy experiences, though it does not make any large promises about the future of this family. It suffices that somehow all of its characters survive their forced intimacy intact, if not necessarily wiser for the experience. It seemed to me as I left the theater that A Christmas...
...sung as it was in London, and the Billy I saw (David Alvarez, one of three boys who are alternating in the role) turns out to be, unsurprisingly, a better dancer than actor. Still, Billy Elliot does almost everything a musical should do, and more. It's a diplomatic triumph...
...Bush that animates many in his party, Obama ran less against the man than his record. Bush, apparently in an undisclosed location throughout Campaign 2008, seldom had a bad word to say about Obama, beyond privately dismissing him as a naive lefty. He called Obama's victory a "triumph of the American story, a testament to hard work, optimism and faith in the enduring promise of our nation." Obama's team has been quick to praise the Administration for its commitment to continuity at a moment when enemies crouch and markets quiver...
...their mother by anti-Muslim rioters, they embark on a spectacular adventure through India, encountering gangsters, con men, and tourists while Jamal tries to rescue the love of his life, Latika (Freida Pinto).But what could have been a tragedy about poverty in India becomes instead a tale of triumph over adversity told with infectious joy by director Danny Boyle. Boyle is not exactly in the same realm of either drug-addled “Trainspotting” or zombie-loving “28 Days Later,” but his ability to create fully-realized worlds within...