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It is hard to reconcile such young people but gaining justice is quite central, as is a belief they are accepted and worthwhile human beings.
His goal, to achieve through forgeries and deceit not only the ownership to the entire Arizona territory but hereditary title to it as well -- is mad and imaginative enough to elicit strong interest from the viewer -- without actually gaining our sympathy.
It began with gifted children and adults of all race, religion, and creed beating out the odds and gaining some substantial ground with their lives.
And then, Just like my heart beats gaining momentum, some soft music is audible through the speakers.
Gaining from five more years of CGI technology advancements, this movie is far superior than the original Dungeons & Dragons, even if still lacking the blockbuster status.
Apparently, she made a consecutive series of bombs after gaining fame from that debut role.
I thought you were gaining back your ground when i saw the Summer of Sam.
Both Sandler and Jim Carrey are gaining a lot of respect from me lately.
However the morning Kate is due to leave she is kidnapped by the Hyma Brotherhood who are a secret sect of modern day Vampires who regard themselves as a superior race gaining power & youth from drinking blood.
They weren't counting on the computer gaining so much power it would actually make their woman a reality, but it happens, and Lisa (Kelly LeBrock) is determined to help them have a good time.
As the Nazi movement was gaining power, Berlin residents like Sally Bowles played by the one and only Liza Minnelli had relationships with men and lived on her singing at nightclubs until she meets Michael York (When will he be knighted?)
Meanwhile, Derek wishes for his mom to escape a verbally abusive marriage while gaining some guts of his own.
Moreover, the guy is a bit creepy, and soon it appears his aim is not just to live rent free but also to provoke his landlords into legally punishable actions against him, and maybe even to con his way to gaining possession of their entire house.
Aside from the ponderousness, I was especially dissappointed to see an icon, Michael Caine, play a sniveling, groveling religious fantatic, alternately crying and kissing his St. Christopher's medal, in hopes of gaining absolution.
Now THE ULTIMATE GIFT comes to the screen/DVD and before making the groaning judgment that here is yet another insipid little tale about learning life's lessons and gaining some spirituality in the process, try watching this two hour traversal of well acted and well scripted (Cheryl McKay) and well directed (Michael O. Sajbel) input.
Rent-seeking tends to lead to policy failure in the form of intense political competition aimed at gaining short-term access to revenues and benefits, as opposed to political competition over what policies might be in the long-term public interest.
Gaining useful knowledge from animal research requires robust experimental findings: different scientists should be able to reproduce them in different locations.
It is no secret that the backlash against such agreements has been gaining traction in recent years.
And yet Internet activists are not necessarily gaining power.
But they still have to fight for re-election at home, where political parties that portray citizens of Arizona or Mississippi as lazy rent-seekers are gaining traction.
Far from endorsing Japanese lack of sensitivity, active Western political engagement – for its own credibility in Asia – must convey that Japan’s future depends on gaining the trust of the region.
Since the 1970s, no government has maintained a majority in the Bundesrat for very long, with the opposition in the Bundestag gaining a majority in the Bundesrat after mid-term state elections.
Over the last two decades, Chinese companies have been quietly gaining market share in Latin America and the Caribbean.
At the time most EU countries resorted to pegging their currencies to the D-Mark, in the hope of gaining credibility for their efforts to achieve price stability.
Featuring a platform that includes a focus on justice and good governance, PTI had been gaining ground since the 2008 election, and received a new surge of support from urban youth demanding better services and less corruption.
With education squarely in the spotlight, new trends are gaining momentum, many of them merging with “innovative finance” – a concept much beloved by development policymakers and practitioners in difficult economic times.
I don’t see any other, more pressing, reforms – such as raising income taxes to pay for national security – gaining any traction in the Bush regime.
No wonder liberals have trouble gaining traction with the electorate.
One key advantage of it is that such an approach has a real chance of gaining support, albeit sometimes tacit, from Arab countries - and from Europe and Russia as well.
Such a policy would save households in these countries over $700 million (2015 US dollars) a year, with poor households gaining disproportionately more than rich ones.
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