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...dependence on oil. We can start now and lead the world, or wait for the oil to run out and watch other countries take advantage. Bill Zawacki Beaverton, Oregon, U.S. Fantasy and Reality I was taken aback by Richard Schickel's rather brusque film review of King Arthur [July 26]. Schickel seems to think that director Antoine Fuqua's vision, with its emphasis on realism, is the film's downfall. Instead, Schickel believes that "what these movies really need are cheeky athletes as their heroes" and in addition, "flash, sass and genial trash." It is quite disconcerting when a film...
...just for fun, kind of venting their frustration." PAUL ARTHUR, U.S. Army investigator, testifying at a hearing for U.S. Private Lynndie England on what motivated soldiers to abuse Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib...
Former Harvard history professor Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. ’38 is also in attendance, chatting with friends in his trademark red bow tie. Also present is filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker, co-director of the 1992 Clinton campaign documentary The War Room. Pennebaker made James Carville a star; I consider asking him to film me, but I think better...
...community's best ally is the landscape itself, a maze of outcrops, winding valleys and steep-sided natural depressions so baffling that one of Shaw's staff recently spent a night lost in it. And for what's under the ground here, in this part of what cave biologist Arthur Clarke calls "the underworld," there are no maps at all. Cavers tend to "look at their feet and not at the walls, so there could be other art work down there," Clarke says as he adjusts his hard hat before going inside. Years of studying the spiders, beetles, aquatic snails...
...endless stream of sequels, threequels and prequels, some inspired only by greed for blockbuster status they will never attain. Among this summer's underperformers are a sequel (The Chronicles of Riddick), a roundup of old movie monsters (Van Helsing) and two dips into antique legend (Troy and King Arthur). Studios might have risked less if they'd actually tried something original. Sequels flourish especially in conservative times, when audiences are in retreat from the shock of the new. Which is why you could place a small bet on a Bush re-election; voters may choose the sequel to a wild...