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i pride myself in avoiding crap when i go to the movies, i don't watch blockbusters or lame comedies with former SNL comedians, but this movie falls right in there with the worst of the worst.
I've seen corny and cutesy movies before, but I usually have no problem avoiding them.
I recommend avoiding this unless you have a thing for pain.
Being that there are three versions of this movie this surely must be the worst (I have seen the first but not the last but if it is worse than this then I will be avoiding it like the plague) .
He passes his days avoiding the publisher's phone calls and spending his advance money seducing pretty young women writers who come to him seeking advice or an entrée into the writing business.
Last year, I watched those movies on ch 55, avoiding DJG at all costs, because one of my friends told me,"So ancient...don't watch!"
Christopher Guest is a creative spirit who has been able to make some very funny films like 'Best In Show' where his technique of avoiding a script by giving his cast of actors an outline as matrix for a scene, letting them ad lib the idea a couple of times, then accepting the second or third take as the final product - pasting all the bits together in the edit.
Avoiding such an outcome will require us to rethink investments in global health systems.
Avoiding groupthink is essential to developing innovative, effective policies capable of responding to new monetary-policy challenges – and that demands a flexible, dynamic policymaking process.
And this would give savers less of an incentive to search for yield, thus avoiding financial instability.
Avoiding default may be possible, but it will not be easy.
Countries on the continent that have invested heavily in agricultural development and smallholder farmers have been successful at avoiding famine.
Even so, amnesty allowed many people with blood on their hands to escape punishment in the interest of avoiding greater bloodshed.
History demonstrates the difficulty of avoiding the so-called “resource curse” – and that it does not plague only less-developed countries like Nigeria, as many assume.
Strong US leadership is required to push the WTO in this direction while avoiding an EU-style future (regulatory overload) or a UN-style future (an irrelevant talking shop).
Instead of moving towards peace and democracy, the situation in Iraq remains so dangerous that Paul Bremer, the American occupation leader, is using instability as his rationale for avoiding democratic elections this year.
Fifteen thousand Ukrainians were taught concrete skills in avoiding emotional manipulation, verifying sources and credentials, detecting paid content and hate speech, and debunking fake videos and photos.
As a result, Trump has not caused a massive, self-inflicted recession, and we should perhaps congratulate his team more often for avoiding that scenario.
Winning power is one thing; but it is another matter to exercise power effectively, while avoiding the authoritarian tendencies that can emerge under extraordinary circumstances.
Rather than avoiding risk, they remain prepared to reverse failing policies; and, if necessary, they are willing to pay for mistakes.
Now, as the largest and most influential member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia must leverage its newly acquired strength to confront the challenges facing it and its regional partners, while avoiding foreign-policy recklessness.
By selling troubled assets in the secondary market, commercial banks could strengthen their balance sheets while avoiding liability increases and enhancing asset liquidity.
International cooperation should also be strengthened to prevent multinationals from avoiding taxes by shifting profits among jurisdictions.
But avoiding this outcome will not be easy, for it will require that selection for genetic enhancement is either available to no one or accessible to everyone.
China’s Dual-Track ChallengeHONG KONG – With China's economic slowdown more apparent than ever, its prospects of avoiding a hard landing are weakening.
Avoiding a hard landing would be good not only for China; it would ensure much-needed growth and stability for the global economy.
That meant avoiding a war with Israel.
There is no avoiding the national political dimension in the EU, given that every leader needs to be elected, and that most want to be re-elected.
During the bonanza years, avoiding or leaning against currency appreciation was probably the major challenge that many central banks faced.
Avoiding coercion, premature elections, and hypocritical rhetoric does not rule out a patient policy of economic assistance, quiet diplomacy, and multilateral efforts to support the development of civil society, the rule of law, and support for well-managed elections.
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