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...story had begun the night before as it ricocheted through the bar late last night; rival papers phoned their desks trying to find out who was calling whom a rat and in what context. Without knowing what the story was, a major daily called the Gore campaign for reaction to the Times story, in the hopes that the reaction would tell them what was going...
...September" is troubling nonetheless, for its reminder that even the ugliest acts of terrorism - and bungled official responses - are driven by choices made in a political context. And while the security arrangements today are infinitely more advanced than they were at Munich in 1972, the scourge of terrorism remains...
...role, pointing out that similar Goodyear tires on its Explorer SUVs had virtually none of the same problems and that Explorers as a whole have a better safety record than similar-size SUVs and passenger cars. Documents supplied by trial lawyers, Ford notes, are invariably taken out of context...
...that another way: his work is relaxed without being slack, affectionate without going sentimental. Above all, he leaves his actors room to breathe, to live, as it were, between the script's lines. Zellweger blooms in this context. Her naivete is radical, of course, but that imparts a fierce serenity to her quest. Mostly, the people she encounters on the road and in Los Angeles quickly come to understand that she is off her rocker--except the soap-opera folk, who think she's an actress going to any lengths for a job--but there is such sweetness...
Clinton felt he needed to give a speech to lay out the security and diplomatic context of the decision, which has immediately become a hot issue in the presidential campaign. But where? The White House rejected using a Washington think tank, fearing leaks. On the other hand, Georgetown's foreign-service school is headed by ROBERT GALUCCI, a former diplomatic troubleshooter for Clinton. Says Lockhart: "For them to get a crowd is easy. All they have to do is hit one button to send an e-mail to their faculty and students: DO YOU WANT TO COME?" Galucci said...