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Six Adjectives For 007: Each James Bond Actor In A Single Word

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The world’s most famous secret agent is turning 50 – the James Bond film franchise is marking five decades since the October 5, 1962 release of Dr. No, the first movie of the series produced by London’s Eon studio.

Twenty-two movies and countless shaken-not-stirred martinis later, moviegoers are trying to sum up -- and rank -- the exploits of those who have portrayed Her Majesty’s best spy over the years.

Worldcrunch avoided the temptation to rank the best sex scenes, car chases or quotes - and chose instead to crunch each of the six actors down to a single adjective.

And James, don't ever forget, the English teachers love you too...


SEAN CONNERY – unforgettable


GEORGE LAZENBY – forgettable


Roger Moore - indefatigable


TIMOTHY DALTON - inscrutable


PIERCE BROSNAN - unmussable


DANIEL CRAIG – unbelievable (for his believability!)


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France, Portrait Of A Nation In Denial — In Our World In Denial

The continuous increase of public debt and a tone-deaf president in France, the rise of authoritarian regimes elsewhere in the world, the blindness to global warming: realities that we do not want to see and that will end up destroying us if we do not act.

Photo of ​police forces in riot gear clashing with demonstrators as piles of garbage burn in Paris on March 23

Police forces clashing with demonstrators as piles of garbage burn in Paris on March 23

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PARIS — In France, the denial of reality seems to be the only thing that all of our public figures have in common: The president (who is right to say that it is his role to propose unpopular measures) refuses to see that other solutions than his own were possible and that institutions will not be sufficient in the long term to legitimize his solitary decisions.

The parliamentary opposition groups refuse to see that they do not constitute a political majority, since they would be incapable of governing together and that they have in common, for too many of them, on both sides of the political spectrum, left and right, only the hatred of money, the mistrust of success, and the contempt for excellence.

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