Word: waiting
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...color scheme from Children of God (another dystopian English-language social parable from a Latin American director); but his characters are as flaccid as those in so many Euro-films we've seen at Cannes over the years. Their feet glued to the floor, they stand in place and wait for destiny to do its worst. It's enough to make you wish that some Hollywood high hack like Michael Bay had taken over and told the cast, "Movies are about doing something. Let's go blow up stuff...
...just left to deliver a baby, they told her. Which would have been understandable, had the same thing not happened at her three previous appointments. Her own doctor was never available at that practice, says Burnette-Dubose, 33, an attorney, and no one ever apologized for making her wait. Worse, her appointments rarely lasted longer than 5 minutes. She sensed indifference from the doctors and their staff: "I felt like I was in a pregnancy mill...
...shot 242 (83-81-78). “It takes a lot of time to adjust.”The weather was consistently around 100 degrees in Austin and very humid. On the final day, thunderstorms interrupted play, and four of the five Crimson players were forced to wait 80 minutes to finish their round. By the time they were able to finish their season, it was 8:19, it was dark, and it was seven hours after they had begun their rounds.The greens gave Harvard a lot of trouble throughout the tournament. The Bermuda grass and the heat combined...
...find myself on the treadmill at the gym, staying on past the next commercial to see the promised drama go down. Most of the time, though, those interesting moments were already in the “Next time…” trailer from last week, and I wait just to watch a couple order dinner and gaze at each other in a challenging silence. Thanks, but I could be having my own awkward dates and staring contests...
...Sitting in his garden terrace in Beirut, with just a few family members and loyal retainers, Jumblatt is quickly coming to grips with the new political landscape. "The U.S. has failed in Lebanon and they have to admit it," he said. "We have to wait and see the new rules which Hizbollah, Syria and Iran will set. They can do what they want...