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Took A Chance On "Taking Chance"
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com - 2/23/2009
Took A Chance On "Taking Chance"
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and left my comments over at Blackfive's place in the hopes that the Phelps family will see them.If you have HBO I can wholeheartedly recommend that you watch this movie, with generous amounts of Kleenex handy.But this is more then a movie about the sacrifice of a Marine, it is the story of ...

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Television Review: 'Taking Chance'; 'Hard Time'
online.wsj.com - 2/21/2009
Television Review: 'Taking Chance'; 'Hard Time'
— online.wsj.com — DOROTHY RABINOWITZ It was impossible to imagine, beforehand, all the ways a film like " Taking Chance " (Saturday, 8-9:30 p.m. EST, on HBO) could work its power. There are no conflicts, no warring sides, no mysteries of character -- the usual stuff of ... (more) Television Review: 'Taking Chance'; 'Hard ...

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Lupica: So much for giving Obama a chance
nydailynews.com - 2/16/2009
Lupica: So much for giving Obama a chance
— nydailynews.com — Once, 100 days was the mythical grace period for a new President. This one doesn't get five minutes. In the process, he finds out that Washington is even lousier and meaner with partisanship than he knew before he got there. (more) Lupica: So much for giving Obama a chance

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For Obama Pick, 2nd Chance for Progress on Health
nytimes.com - 3/2/2009
For Obama Pick, 2nd Chance for Progress on Health
— nytimes.com — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’s efforts to forge bipartisan consensus on health care have rarely succeeded in Kansas. > (more) For Obama Pick, 2nd Chance for Progress on Health

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