Word: venial
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...venial sin that would never have come to light except that in February Whole Foods made a $565 million play to buy Wild Oats--the very company rahodeb so soundly dissed online--and while reviewing the bid, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) turned up what would, if this were a spy thriller, be known as the Rahodeb Identity. The FTC is seeking to halt the deal on basic antitrust grounds--it claims that a union of the two companies would produce an organic-foods quasi-monopoly. The government may also be examining whether Mackey, in his double life, revealed information...
...been transplanted from New York to Boston, and from Italian Catholics to Irish Catholics. The movie's title comes from a Catholic prayer for the dead - specifically, for those stranded in Purgatory, which is sort of a post-mortem car wash where the deceased have their lingering venial sins cleansed before they can get into Heaven. (The Prayer for the Souls in Purgatory, parroted thousands of times by distracted altar boys, goes like this: "Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed through...
...point, I was scolded for an unintentional and mysterious infraction. She said, "You understand English? Do you prefer me to use Latin? Spanish? Italian? No more 'Yes, ma'am'! I will call a Swiss Guard and have you removed" Apparently deciding the sin only was a venial one, she granted absolution by reaching in her black bag and handing over a color map and a fact sheet, with a businesslike smile...
...claimed. Tensions heighten and competitive natures surface as pre-existing words are “stolen” and transformed into new words with different bases. Daniels discovers LEAN; an I is flipped, and Eisenkraft quickly steals it as ALIEN; a V is drawn, and Daniels reclaims it as VENIAL. Daniels gloats, taunts and frequently ends his sentences with a resounding “Sucka!” Sarcastic comments fly as quickly as the letters—mutterings such as “That’s the best you can get?”, “That?...
...Britain during the Great Depression, Dad (Ian Hart) loses his job when the shipyard is closed. His youngest child, Liam, played by the utterly adorable Anthony Borrows, is, meantime, priest-ridden as he confronts near occasions of sins both mortal and venial. We, of course, settle in for another movie in which a hard-pressed family smiles cheerfully through tough times. But don't get too comfortable. In his misery the father embraces anti-Semitism and native fascism, the boy's torments become distinctly unfunny, and this little film, unsparing but never unsympathetic, emerges as one of the year...