Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) is a New York real estate broker whose good-humored husband, Irishman Gerry (Gerard Butler), always stood by her side. Suddenly, and seemingly out of nowhere, Gerry succumbs to a brain tumor and Holly is left to face an uncertain future. No one in the world knows Holly better than Gerry, not even her mother (Kathy Bates) or her best friends, Sharon (Gina Gershon) and Denise (Lisa Kudrow).
The rule is often articulated as politics stopping âat the waterâs edge,â meaning any ocean â and it does not usually preclude any foreign policy discussion while abroad. Nor is the rule written in stone: As with most political etiquette, the concept has evolved over time and is still open to interpretation.
Crossed the Bar âCrossing the Barâ is a term generally used by the military/ex-military and more specifically the Royal Navy to politely inform and advise of a person that has died. The term is taken from a poem by Lord Alfred Tennyson as meaning to cross the âsandbarâ between the tide or river of life, with its outgoing âflood,â and the ocean that lies beyond death, the âboundless deep,â to which we return. The âPilotâ being God.