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...Simmons and director Stan Lathan have assembled a fast-paced, highly charged evening that manages the rare feat of satisfying insiders while introducing outsiders to something revelatory. The first thing to notice about Def Poetry Jam is that the audience is engaged more directly and passionately (shouts of assent or murmurs of sympathy after each line that connects) than any other on Broadway. The second thing to notice, especially after the gangsta-posturing insult raps of 8 Mile, is how empowering, often funny and always life affirming the words...
...somethings that dominated the audience bounced and danced, responding enthusiastically to LeBlanc’s every demand. LeBlanc at several points yelled gleefully to the crowd that there was no better place to be than a Cowboy Mouth concert after a hard week of work; the crowd roared their assent...
...Lending cannot take place without assent from the U.S., and Washington won't approve until North Korea allows inspections of all its nuclear weapons facilities. The country froze its nuclear program under a 1994 agreement with the U.S., in return receiving oil imports and a commitment?backed by South Korea and Japan?to build two light-water nuclear power plants in North Korea. Ground has been broken for construction of one in the port city of Kumho. But under the agreement, North Korea must allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to assess whether Pyongyang is living up to its promise...
Washington can count on even less assent from Arab leaders, who fear that with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict raging and Washington widely seen as Israel's abettor, a U.S. campaign against Iraq would incite unrest in their streets. "Emotions are already boiling," says an Arab diplomat. "A second war will be more than the region can take." Turkey and Syria, which border Iraq, are worried that Saddam's fall could tempt the Kurds who live in Iraq's north to secede, thereby emboldening their Kurdish populations to agitate for autonomy...
...cheers when Soderbergh wins Best Direction. Russell Crowe's win draws mixed reactions. Some women gush with happiness. Most of the men glower. One wag at the table defends Crowe's honor as an actor, saying that Crowe's acting skills have been underrated. This produces a murmur of assent from the ladies, until the speaker adds that by this he means that Crowe had obviously fooled Meg Ryan... The defenders of The Man Who Would Be Oscar drown this remark derisively. There is no mocking allowed about Russell...