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...most of his time in Hollywood, Mann was a director for hire - that is, he was contracted to make movies he usually didn't write or produce. That helps explain why he was ignored by critics who can parse a movie's plot and sniff out its moral lesson but can't appreciate or write about what's actually on the screen. Mann put it up there handsomely, tellingly, and the great strength of Basinger's book (really, someone has to get it published here) is its ability to translate his pictures into her words. Mann received little of that...
...region is peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Settle that, many believe, and economic development will proceed apace, extremist groups will lose their reason for being, and public support for violence will evaporate. Even if some of those claims are far-fetchedwhat, precisely, has Israel done that would explain the woeful economic performance of the Arab world for a generation?they are deeply held and widely shared. "Terrorism," British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the U.S. Congress in 2003, "will not be defeated without peace in the Middle East between Israel and Palestine. Here it is that the poison...
...Insisted on holding a boom box blaring In Your Eyes outside his bedroom window at night B) Sent letters over his fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside C) Kept asking him to explain his character's motivation in Con Air D) Is really Jack Black in tights promoting Nacho Libre door to door...
...slightly more than the nine days it took to write a book, with no current relevance. A half-century later, people may be puzzled by his impact, and the society that devoured or derided his work. (Trust me: 50 years from now some aged critic will be asked to explain the long-ago popularity of Adam Sandler. Good luck.) That may explain why Spillane's death didn't make the front page of the New York Times...
...still not clear why diabetes and Alzheimer's should be related. One possibility is that the excess insulin the body churns out to try and control blood sugar inflames the blood vessels - which would also explain how diabetes leads to heart disease. But while it isn't yet exactly certain what's going on, the result is a kind of good news/bad news story. The bad news is that type 2 diabetes has been on a dramatic increase as Americans have gotten more obese over the past couple of decades - which means the Alzheimer's epidemic that's already expected...