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Vincent Price was, as always, splendid in this movie.
Tom Berengar's Teddy Roosevelt and Gary Busey's 'Fighting Joe' Wheeler are splendid evocations of two rather well-known men, replete with little details that bring them to life.
This movie is a thrill-ride and a splendid movie to watch when you feel like hunkering down on the couch with a bowl of popcorn and an icy cold coke and just relaxing.
The movie is filled with glorious photography, splendid acting, and a story that should appeal to all sensitive people.
Next came the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, which offered Trump yet another splendid opportunity to luxuriate in Europe’s powerlessness, and especially that of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
I cannot help but wonder, in the aftermath of France’s “Abstention Sunday,” whether the sound we hear is not the seizing up of this splendid, subtle machine.
Not So Splendid IsolationPARIS – At the end of the nineteenth century, the British Empire pursued a policy of what it called “splendid isolation,” reflecting its leaders’ determination to stand aloof from international engagements.
Rating agencies do a splendid job without compromising themselves by lending – and of course they do themselves lead the markets.
The G-8 countries’ agreement last year to a debt write-off for the 18 poorest states – 16 in Africa and two in Latin America – is a splendid, but insufficient, beginning.
Giving strong support to South Korea’s initiatives offers a splendid opportunity for the OECD countries to show that, though they remain proud of the disappearing post-WWII world, they do not fear the new world that is emerging.
Consider Europe – a splendid and time-honored civilization, and now a major player on the world stage.
It is easy to dismiss this as typical British chauvinism – the insular attitude of a people living in splendid isolation.
Individual firms might have splendid investment opportunities – to enlarge plant and equipment, capitalize on new software, or exploit new research and new training of key personnel – but might be deterred by cash shortages or perceived macroeconomic risks.
In a world of ultra-low returns, Greece would be seen as a splendid opportunity, sustaining a steady stream of inward foreign direct investment.
Each of those splendid performers is living with HIV.
Splendid, but the Meltzer Commission would shrink the World Bank, returning unused capital to shareholders – a major resource transfer to the rich.
For the GIPS countries, these transactions are a splendid deal.
Obama’s Chinese Balance SheetCAMBRIDGE, UK – US President Barack Obama’s first trip to China was like a splendid stage play.
But he landed softly, and his two sons have already had splendid careers.
In its first episode, Ferguson appears amid the splendid monuments of China’s Ming Dynasty, which, in the fifteenth century, was undoubtedly the greatest civilization of the day, with its naval expeditions reaching the coasts of Africa.
Splendid Isolation?
Visitors encountered the splendid architecture of the Anatra quarter, and learned about Palestine’s oldest still-functioning school, the Terra Sancta College, which dates back to 1598.
But this does not mean that the US can withdraw into splendid energy isolation.
Finally, in 1970 a splendid computer innovation enabled the proper alignment of amino acid sequences (which is vital to all subsequent data management).
Brexit is a splendid opportunity to do so, while shunning calls for even lower wages, taxes, and regulation.
Globalization is less splendid for those who not only don’t reap its benefits, but suffer from its impact.
Yet all they produced were some splendid works of architecture and infrastructure and a system of military training that spread their society beyond the Mediterranean.
Would it not be a splendid paradox if, 200 years after the birth of Karl Marx, we decided that, in order to save liberalism, we must return to the idea that freedom demands the end of unfettered commodification and the socialization of property rights over capital goods?
That sounds splendid.
Trump thought this was a splendid idea.
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