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But I was struck by the fact that America, a country with such a tarnished civil rights record, could be repeating its mistakes so blatantly.
I think the actual answer is that once you reframe it, once you get out of one set of stale expectations from a failed project that had its day, but now, for whatever reason, is tarnished, you can actually rekindle the kind of human kindness and sharing that something like this on Craigslist represents.
Musicals had grown out of favor by 1970, and elephantine productions like "Star!" and this film really tarnished Andrews' reputation, leaving a lot of dead space in her catalogue until "The Tamarind Seed" came along.
This gay content tarnished the whole film.
Your good name in the horror community has been forever tarnished, and your agent should be fired immediately.
I am truly sorry the characters that Clayton Moore, John Hart and Jay Silverheels played, and brought to life on the silver screen, have been tarnished so badly.
Why was this movie ever made?They have tarnished the original Caddyshack with this crap.I was only able to watch half of it and i didn't laugh once.At least i didn't pay to see it because it was on t.v.
Fast Forward to the late 1960's, age, alcoholism, and all-around bad luck has tarnished everyones favorite actress.
Maybe the public still remembered Lucky Lindy's anti-Semitism and his loud admiration for Nazi Germany's achievements before the war (neither covered in the film, which ends with his arrival in Paris before the legend got too tarnished).
I have learned from previous experience that a childhood memory is often tarnished when one travels life's jaded highways occasionally trying to rediscover their unadulterated past by way of movies, only to find its gushing innocence completely soppy and not welcome anymore.
Forget the recent dire American remake which sadly tarnished the reputation of the French original by virtue of the director's involvement in both.
However it was this that tarnished his credibility forever.
The storyline had previously been tarnished by the subterfuge of Vince that a member of the Allance would be fradulent and join the WWF.
It's also a classic, if a tarnished one.
In the one scene in which he appears -- at a mirror -- Montgomery doesn't capture the demeanor of Marlowe, "who himself is not mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid" but is nonetheless wearied beyond his years by going down "mean streets".
Nolan had played a PI in some Michael Shayne Bs before the noir cycle began so he knew the mannerisms and Philip Marlowe a tarnished knight with principles would've been a perfect fit.
Although this historical biopic spends precious little time with romance, it does dwell most on the relationship between the couple as they go about the business of working to bring dignity to a tarnished monarchy while raising a family and doing what royal couples do.
I hope the real story hasn't been tarnished because of an inadequate portrayal of it in a TV movie.
this is a great hippie movie whose reputation is tarnished by the fact that everyone who hasn't seen it, and most dummies who have, think it's a dirty movie about prurient sex....great misconception.
this project greatly tarnished the already damaged knight rider franchise.
founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, the values that I have held dear are being tarnished.
As a result, Ahmadinejad has been the most costly president for Khamenei to date, because he forced the Supreme Leader to deplete his power in the face of a common enemy – a move that called into question his own judgment and tarnished his reputation.
And Putin has a rare opportunity, as he begins his third term as President, to restore his deeply tarnished reputation.
That period was, in many people’s view, tarnished by greed, with rapid GDP growth accompanied by increasing inequality of income and wellbeing.
In the eyes of many critics at home and abroad, the Bush administration’s excesses tarnished the idea of democracy promotion.
In the climate of extreme fear that followed the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration’s tortured legal interpretations of international and domestic law tarnished American democracy and diminished its soft power.
But the impression I had of a modern, capitalist economy was soon tarnished by an improperly working phone in a first-class Beijing hotel.
Moreover, the EU’s image as a defender of human rights around the world will be tarnished by its inability to hold member states to its own standards.
In the climate of extreme fear that followed the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration engaged in tortured legal interpretations of international and domestic law that tarnished American democracy and diminished its soft power.
But we should not act as if reality has not severely tarnished our cherished standard model.
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