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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson acknowledged Tuesday that the federal immigration-enforcement efforts could run headlong into the Chicago marathon, which is expected to bring more than 53,000 runners to the city this weekend.

France isn’t sleepwalking toward a fiscal and economic crisis so much as running headlong into one.

“I think I have the philosophy that if you just run as fast as you can headlong into the future, maybe you don’t have to turn around and look behind you,” Anderson says.

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For those who wish to find a political reading in the movie, it’s there for them, a parable about migration and fascism but also the euphoria of a headlong rush into the unknown.

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No matter how chaotic my history, I can learn how to safeguard my serenity so I don’t have to drag people into my drama anymore or leap headlong into theirs.

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