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I had never heard of Preston Tucker before watching this movie, so it was fascinating to learn about his
deeds.
His character was as revolting, cold, and repugnantly racist as a human being could be, but Hackman played Sam Cayhall as a person with a surprising depth and emotion that, although you couldn't exactly like him, you find yourself quietly hoping his death penalty will be overturned as he plumbs the depths of his evil
deeds
and confronts his past.
Is it a ghost, or one of their own doing the horrific
deeds?
Why do people in movies keep remnants of their bad deeds?? Throw the stuff out.
To be sure, that it ended when it did had a great deal to do with four decades of concerted Western effort in every region of the world, the defeat of the Soviets in Afghanistan, the deep-seated flaws within the Soviet system, and the words and
deeds
of Mikhail Gorbachev.
States, too, should be held accountable for their
deeds
– hence, in 1948, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Current problems are the result of evil
deeds
committed by foreign powers that came only to exploit.
Still, it seems safe to say that the peculiarly repellant inhumanity of the original
deeds
will remain more shocking than the details of this or any other cover-up.
NATO’s mission is being redefined by
deeds
in the former Yugoslavia.
Credit for the absence of a truly serious Islamic challenge, however, should perhaps be given to Indonesia's moderate and mainstream Muslim leaders and groups, such as Nahdatul Ulama and Muhammadyah, who avoided incendiary words and
deeds.
The international community has not matched words with
deeds.
John Wayne arrives to save the citizens from the bad guys in black suits whose nefarious
deeds
undermine the liberty of the American frontier.
Instead, he worked tirelessly to expand the identity of his followers both by words and
deeds.
While Chinese officials have announced their intention of letting the exchange rate move, only time will tell whether their talk is accompanied by
deeds.
In his first year in office, Trump has often huffed and puffed about other countries’ unfair trade practices, just as he did during the 2016 election campaign; but he has done little to turn words into
deeds.
And this commitment was part and parcel of hemispheric solidarity: “To our sister republics south of our border, we offer a special pledge – to convert our good words into good
deeds
– in a new alliance for progress – to assist free men and free governments in casting off the chains of poverty.”
Their words appear to have nothing to do with their
deeds.
Or they could be the ones who hold up a mirror to those in authority, making sure that the latter serve a good thing and that they do not begin to use fine words as a cloak for evil deeds, as happened to so many intellectuals in politics in the past centuries.
The local stock market’s fall immediately after Humala’s victory is a clear sign that the most influential forces in the Peruvian economy will continue to press for deeds, not promises –
deeds
that benefit their interests, of course.
A closer look reveals that President Hu Jintao’s words and
deeds
are often shaped by a mixture of insecurity and cockiness, and that Chinese officials alternate between playing up and playing down the country’s rise.
The European project can be renewed only if those who support it move away from the limited Charlemagne-inspired vision, stop talking about “old” and “new” members, and demonstrate in words as well as
deeds
that they are open to ideas from every part of Europe.
The great nuclear power should demonstrate their resolve not only in words, but in
deeds.
Social media, by contrast, transforms anyone with a mobile phone into a potential roving monitor of government
deeds
or misdeeds, and are hard to shut down without shutting down the entire Internet.
To remember and reflect on how we have wronged other people and nations may benefit a country’s citizens as much as celebrating great
deeds.
Ironically, even America’s long-term interests would be best served by a commitment – not just in words, but also in
deeds
– to a merit-based system and good governance.
States must begin to explain their toughest actions, those
deeds
that the search for security and the inevitable mistrust among states make necessary.
These values hold great attraction for the people in the former Soviet Union—and that includes the leaders as well as the masses, in spite of the fact that the West did not back up its values and principles with
deeds
in the past.
In the short term, it would reduce the sense of urgency among decision makers to get serious about translating ambitions into
deeds.
If Beijing is serious about building strategic partnerships with the West, it should back up its charm offensive with
deeds
and take the initiative in fostering more effective cooperation.
Or perhaps those who identified so strongly with Diana somehow imagined that they shared in her good deeds, and that they need not do anything more.
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