Its sharply suited, go-getting protagonist is whisked through the streets in a cab, reminiscing about all the hours he had to put in ("the mornings … that felt like night"); the calls from mates he was forced to ignore; and the terrible soul-searching he had to endure to succeed (apparently he felt the urge to "be more than individual").
Yet, to see the nation calmly and methodically taking on the terrible task of search and rescue in the tsunami-stricken north, and risking radiation to battle not one, but five nuclear reactors in a grave crisis, Ishihara's comments rang false.
It was also a reminder that some Latin Americans are still so frustrated by the lack of opportunity in their own countries that they run terrible risks in search of that elusive American dream north of the border.Democracy may have replaced the dictators of old everywhere except in the Castros' Cuba but other Latin American vices such as corruption and injustice seem as entrenched as ever.
Stephen Daldry and Richard Curtis are teaming up to shoot a contemporary thriller set in the developing world in which three young boys uncover a terrible secret while searching through rubbish mounds, reports Variety (paywall).
By his search for terrible weapons, by his ties to terrorist groups, the dictator of Iraq threatens the security of every free nation, including the free nations of Europe".
In demolishing the hubris of Mao Zedong and his cronies, he describes a China that has paid a terrible price in its search for revolutionary answers to the problem of modernising its one-fifth of mankind.Mao wanted to turn China into a superpower overnight and effect the spiritual metamorphosis of a once-magnificent but by then failed civilisation.
For good examples of how common social tropes can look terrible in older ads, search for cigarette or diet pill ads from the 1950s and '60s.
Billie, past it at 37, gets pregnant by her casual and much younger "boy toy", which leads to much soul-searching, a terrible laugh track and a handful of decent quips along the way.
No more searching through terrible songs to find the perfect one.
That could pose a terrible quandary for anyone in search of the proverbial fountain of youth.
