Word: wakefulness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...phone from his oddball little island [Faro, where Bergman lived his last 40 years]. He confided about his irrational dreams: for instance, that he would show up on the set and not know where to put the camera and be completely panic-stricken. He'd have to wake up and tell himself that he is an experienced, respected director and he certainly does know where to put the camera. But that anxiety was with him long after he had created 15, 20 masterpieces...
...belongs to the head of the local duma [legislature]." What of the owner of that half-finished mansion? "He was shot," says Kabriov, his failure to elaborate a reminder that such a fate was not uncommon in the rough-and-tumble race to get rich in communism's wake...
Critic and essayist William L. Safire, writing for The “New York Times” in the wake of the books’ first wave of popularity, praised the first three “Harry Potter” books for “captivat[ing] a world of kids.” As for their literary value, Safire was far less optimistic...
...church, Immanuel Presbyterian, which has not quite finished remodeling a space for her. Later, perhaps, she will stay with another in the cluster of churches committed to her support. How long will she do this? "I don't know," she says, shrugging. "I don't know if I'll wake up tomorrow." But, she adds, "I have faith that this will touch the heart of the people so they can help us with this situation we are having...
...There is no debate about why: in the wake of an American pullout, Baghdad would be quickly dominated by Shi'ite militias largely unbloodied by the American campaign. Already, well-armed security forces that pose as independent are riddled with militiamen who take direction from Shi'ite leaders. Death-squad killings of Sunnis would rise. Against such emboldened forces, Sunni insurgents and elements of Saddam Hussein's former regime would retaliate with their weapon of choice: car-bomb attacks against Shi'ite markets, shrines, police stations and recruiting depots...