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Steven Spielberg's new movie Lincolnpaints a vivid and breath-taking picture of the 16th U.S. president and his determination to end slavery. Spielberg based his film on parts ofTeam of Rivals, a book by Doris Kearns Goodwin. He makes Abraham Lincoln relevant today by presenting a cunning political mind trying to overcome Washington's all too familiar political divisions. 

In previous movies, Lincoln was shown as a simple yet almost perfect man. But Spielberg's Lincolnis different. "I was determined to make a movie about a working president dealing with real problems. Not some angel," Spielberg said. 

We watch the president first ending slavery and then the war. 

The film's adviser, historian Eric Martin, explains how Lincoln's thinking evolved. 

"His main objective when the war began was not the freeing of the slaves but to keep the country united. Lincoln realizes that in order to keep the country together, the question of slavery will have to be addressed," Martin said. 

The film focuses on the last four months of his presidency. 

In the movie, the arguments among political enemies seem very similar to the problems we see in Washington today. The disagreements were bitter. 

The film turns to Lincoln's relationships with his wife and kids, his beliefs and constant self-examination. Daniel Day-Lewis, the actor who plays Lincoln, offers an Oscar-worthy performance as the 16th President. Not only is his physical similarity to the president incredible, he is able to capture many of Lincoln's mannerisms and his high-pitched, almost lady-like voice. 

"I found it very easy to play the role of Lincoln because the real man himself was so open. When I was researching his history to prepare for the part, one of the most surprising things I found was just how accessible he was. Even in war-time, when he was in great danger, he was always willing to meet with others and share his ideas," Day-Lewis said. 

Spielberg's Lincolnwill head to the Oscars. But more important it will make history.
1. What is Spielberg's newest release?
2. Who is it about?
3. What is his name?
4. What does he want to achieve when the war began?
5. What will he need to take care of to do that?
6. Which part of his term did the movie deal with?
7. What did Spielberg not want to make him look like?
8. Do other movies show him that way?
9. Does Lincoln have a family?
10. Are they included?
11. Who is the actor portraying him?
12. How do their bodies compare?
13. Does he do a good job with the mannerisms?
14. What kind of voice did Lincoln have?
15. Does the actor recreate that?
16. What did he do to get ready for the role?
17. What shocked him?
18. What did he like to share?
19. Who authored the book that part of the movie was based on?
20. Is it expected to get nominated for an Oscar?

Numbered answers:
1. Lincoln
2. the 16th U.S. president
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. to keep the country united.
5. the question of slavery will have to be addressed
6. the last four months
7. some angel
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Daniel Day-Lewis
12. Physically similar
13. Yes
14. high-pitched
15. Yes
16. Researched his history
17. how accessible he was.
18. his ideas
19. Doris Kearns Goodwin
20. Yes


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Beijing (CNN) -- "Please excuse me, I can't talk about this." 

Clunk! The phone line goes dead. 

We had tried to get this British businessman to talk about the mysterious death of Neil Heywood. 

Heywood has emerged from the shadows to be a key link in a story of intrigue, mystery and betrayal that goes all the way to the inner sanctum of China's secretive Communist Party. 

Heywood was found dead last November in his hotel room in the sprawling southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing. According to media reports, local authorities quickly ruled his cause of death as "excessive alcohol use." An autopsy was not performed, media reports said, and his body was cremated. 

Slowly, however, media reports are raising more uncomfortable questions about Heywood's death. He was married to a Chinese woman and had business interests in the country. He moved in the orbit of a company known as Hakluyt and Co., a British strategic information consultancy formed by former officers of the UK's spy agency MI6. 

Hakluyt has released a statement on Heywood, saying, "We had a long history of advising Western companies on China and we are among those who sought (Heywood's) advice. We are greatly saddened by his death." 

Now, the British government is asking China to investigate Heywood's death. 

"Our embassy in Beijing and consulate general in Chongqing provided consular assistance to the family, as we would in any case involving a British national overseas," the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said. "We recently asked the Chinese authorities to investigate the case further after we heard suggestions that there were suspicious circumstances." 
1. Who died?
2. Where was he?
3. Where is that?
4. What was said was the cause of his death?
5. Who was he married to?
6. Was an Autopsy done?
7. What is he a link to?
8. To what?
9. Who was he acquainted with?
10. What is that?
11. Who formed it?
12. Who is asking China to look into the death?

Numbered answers:
1. Neil Heywood
2. Chongqing
3. southwestern China
4. excessive alcohol use
5. a Chinese woman
6. no
7. a story of intrigue, mystery and betrayal
8. the inner sanctum of China's secretive Communist Party
9. company known as Hakluyt and Co
10. a British strategic information consultancy
11. former officers of the UK's spy agency MI6
12. the British government


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CHAPTER XII 

THE ENEMY WITHIN 

It was getting late, but the Allenwood Sports Club prolonged its sitting at the Carlyon homestead. The institution had done useful work in promoting good fellowship by means of healthful amusements, but recently its management had fallen into the hands of the younger men, and the founders contented themselves with an occasional visit to see that all was going well. Some, however, were not quite satisfied, and Mowbray entertained suspicions about the Club. He was an autocrat, but he shrank from spying, or attempting to coerce a member into betraying his comrades. Some allowance must be made for young blood; and, after all, nothing that really needed his interference could go on, he felt, without his learning about it. Nevertheless, he had a disturbing feeling that an undesirable influence was at work. 

Carlyon's room was unusually well furnished, and several fine London guns occupied a rack on the matchboarded wall. The cost of one would have purchased a dozen of the Massachusetts-made weapons which the prairie farmers used. The photograph of a horseman in English hunting dress with M.F.H. appended to the autograph was equally suggestive, and it was known that Carlyon's people had sent him to Canada with money enough to make a fair start. Unfortunately, he had not realized that success in farming demands care and strenuous work. 

He sat with a flushed, excited face at a rosewood table, upon which the cigar ends, bottles, and glasses scarcely left room for the cards he was eagerly scanning. Gerald Mowbray leaned back in his chair, watching him with a smile. Emslie, the third man, wore a disturbed frown; opposite him, Markham sat with a heavy, vacant air. 
1. Who was suspicions about the sport club?
2. Why was he suspicious?
3. What gave him that feeling?
4. Was Carlyon's room bare?
5. How was it furnished?
6. Where were the guns from?
7. Where they expensive?
8. What was the table made of?
9. What did Carlyon not understand?
10. What was one the rosewood table?
11. What else?
12. How many people were sitting there?


Numbered answers:
1. Mowbray
2. because he had a disturbing feeling
3. because management had fallen into the hands of the younger men
4. no
5. unusually well
6. London
7. yes
8. rosewood
9. that success in farming demands care and strenuous work
10. cigar ends
11. bottles
12. four