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There is one bizarre dream sequence of a showdown between two girls wearing only gun belts and boots.
It starts sinking when the plane is forced down; none of the crew except the pilots bother with belts, let alone sitting down.
While the film is a very good one with Bette Midler giving a marvelous Oscar nominated performance, Ms. Midler is at worst when she belts out the songs.
Eager to produce a car that would embody all manner of advanced technology and safety measures from a rear engine to seat belts, Tucker's mind and spirit far outpaced the abilities of his engineers and backers to keep up with him.
Great Guns takes us back to war days, a period when people were having to tighten their belts because times were hard.
The scene where she stands alone on a nightclub stage, in a tight, black dress, dripping in sequins and fringe,and belts out the classic "Ten Cents a Dance" is worth the price of admission alone.
On the other hand he just walks up and belts her new fiancé without provocation, but clearly feeling justified (and the film-makers clearly agree with him, which is the sickest thing about it).
Preston Tucker had a rocket ship of a car with turnable headlights and seat belts; Mr. Coppola had great movies about wiretappers, the nightmare of war, and a silly bit of off-beat stuff about lovers in Vegas.
Godard shows no respect to Allen at all, yet Allen shows a great deal of politeness and respect to Godard even when Godard belts out questions in French without allowing his off-camera translator to catch up or be heard over his voice.
Argentina’s Bumpy RideSANTIAGO – “Fasten your seat belts, because it should be a bumpy ride,” the captain warned from the cockpit.
As David explains, before electric motors were installed in factories, machines were arranged around centralized steam engines, to which they were connected by belts and pulleys.
Some people argue that Americans need to tighten their belts.
In these situations, liberal paternalists feel no qualms about taking control and forcing choices upon us (“Wear seat belts and enroll in the pension plan, and in the end you’ll thank me”).
Traditionally, its governments have pursued expansionary policies during economic booms and tightened their belts in downturns.
From nuclear-tipped missiles down to trucks full of fertilizer or explosives worn as belts, we have used our technology to amplify greatly the dark parts of our nature as a violent—and not even a properly predatory—species.
By demanding the release of more than 1,000 prisoners in exchange for one soldier, Hamas is conceding the stark military reality of this imbalance: thousands of their prisoners, fighting with knives, explosive belts, and primitive rockets, are worth only one Israeli soldier.
If they succeeded at all, high interest rates would have induced them to tighten their belts, and their current-account deficits, which in the case of Greece and Portugal exceeded 10% of GDP, would have diminished.
At the same time, non-state actors, such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and al-Qaeda, have taken the place of traditional armies, and suicide bombers equipped with road-side and car bombs or explosive belts have replaced guerrilla fighters with their Kalashnikovs.
Third, the system has lost some important safety belts, which have yet to be restored.
Laid-off construction workers tightened their belts, as did homeowners.
Ending the Torture TradeBUENOS AIRES/BRUSSELS/ULAN BATOR – Shock belts, spiked batons, and electrified thumbscrews can serve no other purpose than to inflict pain on people.
US oil demand has fallen 8% as consumers tighten their belts, and electricity demand in China is down by 10% as energy-intensive industries cut production.
Apart from those countries that are threatened – partly or completely –by rising sea levels, global warming will primarily affect the desert belts and their already precarious water supplies.
Because no “correction” was needed, it was up to the deficit countries to adjust by tightening their belts.
Europeans are willing to tighten their belts, but they need to see a light at the end of the tunnel in the form of income and job growth.
As these families have tightened their belts, the pace of consumption spending and economic growth has become more dependent on earners at the top of the income distribution.
When people see high inflation, they conclude that the economy is precarious, so perhaps they should tighten their belts.
Governments that cannot borrow cheaply (or at all) from markets have no option but to tighten their belts.
Fasten your seat belts for a very bumpy ride.
But this is scant comfort to those stuck in the rust belts or decanted into low-productivity, low-paid jobs.
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