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...news film with quick on-camera interviews to produce an unflattering but funny likeness of the 37th President (whose middle name is Milhous, not Millhouse, but let that go). To be sure, De Antonio's jubilant bias sometimes plays him false. Nixon is too often seen stumbling over a foot or a phrase, and sometimes satire descends to the level of easy derision ... But when it works, De Antonio's sense of juxtaposition can be lethal ... [He] is also shrewd enough to know when Nixon is his own worst enemy, and he devotes a long section of Millhouse...
...little girls walk to the wooden blocks and extend their legs into the splits, one callused foot balancing on each block, their straining bodies hovering just above the ground. Coach Yang Yaojun, his sweatpants hiked high over his belly, ambles over to the girls, smiles and hands the nearest one a stopwatch. The girls, who are six and seven years old, do not smile back. Teetering on the blocks, they wait as Yang straddles each leg in turn, resting his 70-kg frame on their outstretched limbs. No matter how tough the girls are, no matter how much resolve they...
...Great Meteoron. For hundreds of years, the only way for pilgrims to reach the monasteries was to be hauled up the cliff faces in baskets. Nowadays, steps hewn into the rock offer more practical routes. Most visitors start their journey from Kalambaka, a picturesque town at the foot of Meteora; the monasteries are all between a 3-km and 5-km walk from here. Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer...
...Hommel was formally charged with negligence. She denies any wrongdoing. Unwelcome Guests SUDAN Tens of thousands of people marched in Khartoum in a state-sponsored protest, above, against possible Western intervention in the war-torn Darfur region. The protesters said they would launch a jihad if Western troops set foot in the country. Australia and Britain have both volunteered troops for a military force to protect civilians in Darfur, where the U.N., U.S. and aid agencies say the Janjaweed militia have killed as many as 50,000 black Sudanese. Khartoum, which denies it is backing the Janjaweed, says...
...countless pedestrians. The latter do not fare well in this free-for-all. New Delhi's newspapers recently labeled the city a "pedestrian graveyard." According to the capital's transport department, nearly half of the 1,700 people killed in traffic in the city last year were on foot...