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...Senate’s ability to slow legislation is particularly embarrassing in light of the fact that it is nearly unique among modern democracies. Every other developed nation’s upper house of parliament lacks parity with its lower, popularly elected house. Britain??s House of Lords, for instance, has not been on par with the House of Commons at least since 1911, and, in France and Germany, the lower house has the formal ability to assert its supremacy over the upper house in cases of deadlock...
...wanted to be famous.” For Bronson, it barely makes sense. And how could it? At 56, the real-life Charlie Bronson, born Michael Peterson, has spent 34 of the last 35 years in solitary confinement in various British correctional facilities, earning the moniker “Britain??s most violent prisoner.” The historical Charlie Bronson is a sociopath and a lunatic, a senseless rage-addict and a goon. But apply the words that open the film to the persona Refn manifests in Peterson and, more subtly, Refn himself...
...Europe or America without considering the influence of Africa,” Elkins said. “It is an incredibly valuable subject for young students.” In 2006, Elkins was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her book “Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain??s Gulag in Kenya,” which “realigned historians’ understanding of the final years of colonial Kenya,” Dean of Social Science Stephen M. Kosslyn said in a press release announcing Elkins’ tenure. Elkins collected much...
...origin. Quietly, the chopper disgorges a team of elite commandos, arguably the best in the world, who quickly subdue the crew and remove weapons unlisted on the ship’s manifest. This may be familiar as the opening mission of a widely popular modern combat video game, featuring Britain??s elite Special Air Service. Yet this scene may have actually happened recently —with Israeli troops...
...enchanting cinematic realm of magic and mischief. But a new and sinister fog looms heavily over “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” From the film’s opening scenes, in which Death Eaters whiz by like toxic, black fumes across Britain??s bright skies and cause chaos throughout London, the malevolence that will characterize the rest of the Potter series becomes painfully evident. Although this installment works largely as a transition for the two-part finale, the strengths of David Yates’ directing and Steve Kloves’ script...