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The film however has only one saving grace and that is the appearance of Chris Walken as the second in charge of a mob family.
The very slender plot of this unusual W.C. Fields vehicle centers on the antics of the "Great McGonigle" (Fields), a con artist in charge of a theatrical troupe that tours the country performing that staple of late 19th century melodrama, "The Drunkard."
Juliette Binoche, IMO one of the finest actresses around, plays the wife of the captain in charge of a jail.
The talented cast act this excellent screen rendition of Eugene O'Neill's play (it's adapted from three of his one-act plays)about crew sailors aboard a freighter steamer called Glencairn carrying charge containing war-smuggling,TNT, explosives from US to England, at the beginning WWII.
The crew, in charge of the resort, are pursued by the she-beast who can freeze humans from the inside out burying her hand into the bellies of the victims.
Another good reference, was the fact that Robert Hiltzik, who wrote and directed the original film, was also in charge of the same tasks for this sequel.
The angel in charge of him tells him it will be too painful for both of the parties involved.
Phil Fondacaro is in charge of the girl band and his job is to demand particular songs at the request of Virgil, for whom he works.
While there were some very good episodes during the last season of Star Trek, there were probably just as many disappointments--probably because they knew the series was on its last legs and no one in charge really seemed to care.
In the film, the army instructs the inept Colonial Fisby to be in charge of the building of a new schoolhouse, which is to help the American's integration of democracy in the village.
This has led the popular press to howl that we now live in a costly, bureaucratic, and inefficient “human rights culture” – a charge with profound political resonance.
This conundrum is symbolized by the debate over detaining terrorism suspects without charge or trial.
Initially, Blair attempted to force through detention without charge for up to 90 days.
Rights brought home one day; detention for a month without charge the next.
Quite apart from these weak attempts to justify Bush's statement as "technically accurate," the more serious charge is that even if what Bush said really were technically accurate, it still would have been designed to mislead the world into thinking that Iraq had been trying to buy uranium in Africa.
Last year, Tanzania adopted legislation that has already been used to charge individuals with crimes who have criticized President John Magufuli on social media.
Leading the charge are antagonistic forces – from populist political parties to separatist groups to terrorist organizations – whose actions tend to focus more on what they oppose than on what they support.
A peaceful start is a good start, but a change in the party in charge is not the only change that Nigeria needs.
After a year of being in charge, pushing hard on deregulation, and getting what it wanted in terms of tax cuts, how is the Trump team doing?
How justified is this charge?
Despite his many declarations to the contrary, Valls – sometimes described as the “Sarkozy of the left” because of his restless dynamism and, yes, opportunism – really does seem to be in charge.
And is it really wise to charge him with genocide, as well as crimes against humanity and war crimes?
Reducing the prices of staple food by even a modest 10% (far below the average premium cartels around the world charge) by tackling anticompetitive behavior in these sectors, or by reforming regulations that shield them from competition, could lift 270,000 people in Kenya, 200,000 in South Africa, and 20,000 in Zambia out of poverty.
Some in Washington charge that he has done too little to roust al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters from safe havens along the country’s border with Afghanistan.
Indeed, the military, the bulwark of Mubarak’s regime, is now in charge in Egypt, and has been repressing, jailing, and killing protesters who dare to stand up.
While water obviously shouldn’t become an expensive luxury good, governments’ reluctance to charge appropriately for it has undermined their ability to invest in water utilities, including proper wastewater collection and treatment.
But the FSA is soon to be replaced by the FPC, resulting in a system that aims to avoid an “underlap” of authority that leaves no one in charge.
With an expanded coterie of world leaders taking charge, jittery financial markets stabilized, and the G20 then helped launch, and sustain, a global economic stimulus, led by China, which reversed the downward spiral.
With diplomacy having failed to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions, critics of engagement charge, it is time to resort to coercion before Iran crosses the nuclear Rubicon.
Indeed, a major problem with the current state of affairs is the weakness of EU institutions that are in charge of advancing the common interest and that are accountable to Europeans as a whole.
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