And since this is a site for politics questions, not finance questions, I draw your attention to LaterealFractal's other point - «punching
war widows in the face is bipartisan suicide for a politician».
She played one of the women in the life of the troubled writer at the center of Synecdoche, New York, and she was
a war widow in Oren Moverman's The Messenger.
Not exact matches
Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies
in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence
in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the
widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World
War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain fores
War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption
in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power
in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed
war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain fores
war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction
in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.
The charity's UK office has provided more than # 92,000 to help
widows, victims of the
war, young people who have lost their jobs, and families
in particular need.
But to the extent that it ignores the finger Lincoln points at the Civil
War — to the extent that it forgets the decimation of a generation of young Americans at the beginnings of manhood; to the extent that it forgets the windrows of corpses at Shiloh, the odor of death in the Wilderness, the walking skeletons of Andersonville, 623,000 dead all told, not to mention the interminable list of those crippled, orphaned, and widowed whose pensions became the single largest bill paid by the federal government for the following half - century; to the extent that it ignores how the war cost the United States $ 6.6 billion, rocketed the national debt from $ 65 million to $ 2.7 billion, retarded commodity growth for the next thirty years, and devalued its currency — then the call for reparations opens itself up to a charge of willful forgetfulness so massive that resentment, anger, and bitterness, rather than justice, will (I fear) be its real lega
War — to the extent that it forgets the decimation of a generation of young Americans at the beginnings of manhood; to the extent that it forgets the windrows of corpses at Shiloh, the odor of death
in the Wilderness, the walking skeletons of Andersonville, 623,000 dead all told, not to mention the interminable list of those crippled, orphaned, and
widowed whose pensions became the single largest bill paid by the federal government for the following half - century; to the extent that it ignores how the
war cost the United States $ 6.6 billion, rocketed the national debt from $ 65 million to $ 2.7 billion, retarded commodity growth for the next thirty years, and devalued its currency — then the call for reparations opens itself up to a charge of willful forgetfulness so massive that resentment, anger, and bitterness, rather than justice, will (I fear) be its real lega
war cost the United States $ 6.6 billion, rocketed the national debt from $ 65 million to $ 2.7 billion, retarded commodity growth for the next thirty years, and devalued its currency — then the call for reparations opens itself up to a charge of willful forgetfulness so massive that resentment, anger, and bitterness, rather than justice, will (I fear) be its real legacy.
Here we find the stories of the Jungshindae (the «comfort women»), the
war widows, and the workers, peasants and urban poor, exposing the nature of the political powers
in the modern Korea.
On the other hand we have seen a great (and more successful) national leader say, while
war still raged: «With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness
in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are
in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his
widow and his orphan — to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.»
There was her older sister, the
widow of a German Luftwaffe pilot who'd been shot down
in the
war.
I'm thinking the Act can't be evaded that easily and it only seems so
in this instance because all parties are turning a blind eye to allow
war widows to get paid.
The Defence and Police Officers» Wives Association (DEPOWA) has built a Skills Acquisition Center
in support of the
widows of fallen members of the Armed Forces killed by terrorists
in the ongoing
war on terror.
My name is Bill and I'm 57 years old presently living
in the Pittsburgh, Pa. area, I have been
widowed since returning home from the
war in Iraq
in 2004.
No one thrives
in Gaza Dating Site Matches
Widows to Men Seeking 2nd (or 3rd) Wife Some 1,400 men have been killed in three wars with Israel since 2008, leaving many widows seeking hus
Widows to Men Seeking 2nd (or 3rd) Wife Some 1,400 men have been killed
in three
wars with Israel since 2008, leaving many
widows seeking hus
widows seeking husbands.
In this family melodrama, a widowed wife of a soldier serving in the Spanish - American War, must raise her two daughters and son, alon
In this family melodrama, a
widowed wife of a soldier serving
in the Spanish - American War, must raise her two daughters and son, alon
in the Spanish - American
War, must raise her two daughters and son, alone.
Set
in a blighted, inner - city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape architect and Amira, a Bosnian woman — the mother of a troubled teen son — who was
widowed by the
war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Unfortunately, Madame Mallory (Mirren, RED 2) the French restaurant's
widowed owner, won't tolerate the competition, and is willing to undermine her new neighbors, to the point where the Indian family's patriarch, Papa (Puri, Charlie Wilson's
War) is willing to play
in the same mud of intimidation, if that's what it takes to survive.
THE OTHERS (Grade: B): Nicole Kidman plays an English World
War II war widow with two small children in a mansion full of spooks in this effectively creepy, minimalist ghost story directed by Alejandro Amenáb
War II
war widow with two small children in a mansion full of spooks in this effectively creepy, minimalist ghost story directed by Alejandro Amenáb
war widow with two small children
in a mansion full of spooks
in this effectively creepy, minimalist ghost story directed by Alejandro Amenábar.
Time is both inescapable and irretrievable
in Alain Resnais's boldly disorienting masterpiece, which stars Delphine Seyrig as a
widow haunted by her memories of World
War II.
Ithaca (PG for mature themes, smoking and a violent image) Meg Ryan makes her directorial debut with this adaptation of The Human Comedy, William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize - winning novel, set
in 1942, revolving around a 14 year - old's (Alex Neustaedter) attempt to provide for his
widowed mother (Ryan) and siblings (Spencer Howell and Christine Nelson) after his older brother (Jack Quaid) goes off to fight
in World
War II.
Naturally, Nadine is also a complete pain
in the ass for her
widowed mother (played by Kyra Sedgwick) and her brother who is essentially the antithesis to her; winning comes to him with ease, he's got the body of a Greek God with some pleasant facial aesthetics to boot, and oh yeah, he's now fucking his sister's only friend which obviously doesn't sit right with her, turning the family dynamic of the household upside down into a
war zone.
2:00 am (24th)-- TCM — Key Largo Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall team up for the final time on this great noirish melodrama of a group of people, including a wheelchair - bound hotel owner, his recently
widowed daughter -
in - law (Bacall), a
war veteran (Bogart), and a ruthless gangster and his girl, forced to take refuge against a fierce hurricane.
6:15 pm — TCM — Key Largo Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall team up for the final time on this great noirish melodrama of a group of people, including a wheelchair - bound hotel owner, his recently
widowed daughter -
in - law (Bacall), a
war veteran (Bogart), and a ruthless gangster and his girl, forced to take refuge against a fierce hurricane.
It also features fine supporting performances by Marlene Dietrich as the aristocratic
widow of a German general executed previously for
war crimes, Judy Garland as someone accused
in the Third Reich of polluting the Master Race by intermingling with a Jew, and Montgomery Clift as a victim of a Nazi sterilization program.
The film opens with occupation and ends with liberation but focuses on the hothouse atmosphere of intimacy and separation, of desire and denial,
in the private meetings of Léon (Belmondo), the unconventional, at times radical and undeniably handsome young priest, and Barny (Riva), a young
widow (her communist husband was killed
in the
war) with a half - Jewish daughter and a strong attraction to Léon.
Upper - middle - class Dorothy is the
widow of Victor, who was killed
in the
war.
10:15 am — TCM — Key Largo Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall team up for the final time on this great noirish melodrama of a group of people, including a wheelchair - bound hotel owner, his recently
widowed daughter -
in - law (Bacall), a
war veteran (Bogart), and a ruthless gangster and his girl, forced to take refuge against a fierce hurricane.
That
war, as we might expect, revealed America
in its hard aspect, and it came immediately on the heels of a prolonged hard period of American life: the Great Depression, preceded by a period of rapid industrialization, absent any public programs for the poor and the unemployed and the maimed and the
widowed.
A # 1 Indie Next pick which debuted at # 6 on the New York Times fiction bestseller list, the novel portrays three German
war widows who have taken refuge
in a Bavarian castle as the
war ends.
Campbell's expressive narration draws listeners into the lives of four women,
widows of Hitler - resisters,
in this touching and eye - opening revelation of the devastating aftermath of
war and of the enduring human spirit.
She talked about her health, the problems she encountered while paying her electricity bills or applying for her special
war widow pension, the sidewalks covered with thin ice
in the mornings.
Set
in the waning days of the Civil
War, this heartfelt novel follows a
widow who finds solace
in the camaraderie of her quilting group.
When asked how they obtain their much praised insight into what the ravages of
war can do to the human mind, Charles replies that he has spent many wonderful hours listening to service people, their wives and
widows, starting
in high school when he worked
in a retirement home hearing stories about WWI.
Set
in post-Civil
War Chicago, it follows three strangers — a widowed white woman, a freeborn black woman from Tennessee and a former slave whose wife was sold away from him before the war — who move to the city for a chance to start over but are unable to completely shed their pas
War Chicago, it follows three strangers — a
widowed white woman, a freeborn black woman from Tennessee and a former slave whose wife was sold away from him before the
war — who move to the city for a chance to start over but are unable to completely shed their pas
war — who move to the city for a chance to start over but are unable to completely shed their pasts.
Fifteen years later, Gordon is on a mission to locate a
widow trapped
in Washington, D.C., during what's now known as the
War of 1812.
Christmas at Carnton by Tamera Alexander —
In the midst of
war and the fading dream of the Confederacy, a wounded soldier and a destitute
widow discover the true meaning of Christmas, the cost of love... and of loving again.
The title is a pun on the phrase «French window,» which alludes to both the doors commonly found
in Parisian apartments and the new generation of
widows created by World
War I.
Dorothy Lichtenstein, the painter's
widow, says that with his dots her husband moved beyond the post-World
War II abstract expressionists — Pollock with his drips, de Kooning with his brush sweeps — but he kept the past
in his rearview mirror.
In 1863, in the midst of the Civil War and facing family financial hardship, Lucy Bakewell Audubon (John James's widow) sold her husband's portfolio of original paintings executed in preparation for his engraved and hand - colored masterwork The Birds Of America (1827 — 38) to the New York Historical Societ
In 1863,
in the midst of the Civil War and facing family financial hardship, Lucy Bakewell Audubon (John James's widow) sold her husband's portfolio of original paintings executed in preparation for his engraved and hand - colored masterwork The Birds Of America (1827 — 38) to the New York Historical Societ
in the midst of the Civil
War and facing family financial hardship, Lucy Bakewell Audubon (John James's
widow) sold her husband's portfolio of original paintings executed
in preparation for his engraved and hand - colored masterwork The Birds Of America (1827 — 38) to the New York Historical Societ
in preparation for his engraved and hand - colored masterwork The Birds Of America (1827 — 38) to the New York Historical Society.
The call was from a
widow whose husband worked for a US company
in Afghanistan and died while working there about six months ago as the result of an act of
war.
The contestable period issue was not noted
in the decline of benefits.The
widow asked me how it could be that a company whose primary source of revenue is from their contracts
in war zones, could or would offer a group policy that didn't cover workers doing exactly what the company does and where it does it.
In the 1940s - 50s, we were involved in finding child care and housing for the new breed of working mothers, assistance for war widows and their families, housing for returned GIs and their families, employment for war refugees, and marriage counseling for couples who found that the war had changed the
In the 1940s - 50s, we were involved
in finding child care and housing for the new breed of working mothers, assistance for war widows and their families, housing for returned GIs and their families, employment for war refugees, and marriage counseling for couples who found that the war had changed the
in finding child care and housing for the new breed of working mothers, assistance for
war widows and their families, housing for returned GIs and their families, employment for
war refugees, and marriage counseling for couples who found that the
war had changed them.
Eligible veterans, serving and former defence force members, their
war widows and widowers and dependants are provided appropriate compensation, income support, health care and other services
in recognition of the effects of
war and defence service (Department of Veterans Affairs website, http://www.dva.gov.au/Pages/home.aspx (viewed 20 January 2010)-RRB-.