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You’ll see gaggles of geese and ducks waddling along the riverbanks, burdened donkeys treading steadfastly homeward, and oxen compliantly tilling the fields.
Even as the Nasdaq has rallied strongly in the last couple of weeks, Microsoft's stock has been treading water.
The film "wants to say something about the commodification of spirituality, but has no idea what" (Rod Dreher, the New York Post ). Treading ground previously trod by Being There , Network , and Forrest Gump , the screenplay doesn't give Murphy a chance to flex his comedic muscles, and the result is weak satire.
Instead, it raises serious questions of racism and bigotry and, by treading in the area of sports, cuts at the heart of some of our best-loved cultural institutions.
"We're just treading water," said Daniel, whose organization gives money to LSC programs in Alabama.