Word: fears
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What is certain is that Iran's Sixth Majlis will have more reform faces like Reza Khatami's. The candidate candidly admits that the revolution made some mistakes. He advocates free speech, even if it challenges clerical rule, and expresses little fear of globalization. "One response to globalization is to limit new technologies without really understanding them," he says. "Another is to learn about them and interact with them. We want to interact." The Great Satan? When an American reporter asks to accompany him on his campaign trip, it takes Khatami 10 seconds to smile and say, "Sure, come along...
That may sound a little alarmist, on the basis of three days of DOS attacks on a handful of commercial websites. The danger is real. But as with many terrorist strikes, the fear caused by a faceless attacker has, so far, turned out to be more potent than the attack itself...
...nice part is, it's not just a mindless adrenaline rush brought about by your fear of the dark. Sure, people are dying off one by one and you never know who'll be next, but the real drama (yes, there is drama, surprise, surprise) is how the characters slowly reveal their true selves...
...there's good reason to be skeptical of things sci-fi or low- budget in general, the film does surprisingly well given its familiar premise. Besides some interesting visual techniques (what kinds of colors are you supposed to see in a desert?), it also manages to deliver all the fear and anxiety that tempt you to pay $8 for a movie in the first place...
...economy coughs, the world splutters. "OPEC is aware that if energy prices keep going up it'll hurt the world economy, and that's not in their interest," says Zagorin, noting that the producers also fear the possibility of an oil price collapse. "So they're going want to have an orderly, coordinated plan for easing the supply cuts." When Richardson comes to town, for its own sake, OPEC is likely to listen carefully...