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...statements by Attorney General John D. Ashcroft to Massachusetts officials that the government had information that Boston might be the target for a terrorist attack last weekend. Though no specific day was mentioned, and there was no “definitive evidence of a threat,” the mere thought was a good enough excuse for many Bostonians to escape the city for a quick vacation. The next day, the Boston Herald reported that the source of the terrorist scare was a mistranslation of an Arabic-language call to Boston...
...must define the enemy precisely. The individuals who perpetrated these infernal acts must be brought to justice. Their networks must be brought to light. So much is clear. Beyond that we must be careful not to use too broad a brush to accuse persons simply on the basis of mere suspicions. It is natural at a time of disaster to look for culprits, but all persons wearing turbans are not to blame. The New York Times reported that a poor Sikh was arrested on an Amtrak train on Friday. He was even discovered to be hiding a daggeractually a symbolic...
...They Don’t Care About Us.” When the storm of publicity died down, HIStory managed to sell only a paltry 15 million worldwide. The 1997 follow-up, Blood On The Dance Floor—HIStory In The Mix, faltered miserably, selling a mere 1 million copies to date, despite some peppy dance numbers and imaginative ballads...
...there is a main element to the plot, it is that Aunt Julia is nearing death. The skillful adaptation of Joyce’s text by writer-director Richard Nelson indicates that reality, but does not go for mere empathy, instead communicating a hope that transcends death. At the same time that Julia’s health is failing, Gabriel is doubting the love borne for him by his wife, played by a lovely but somewhat grating Kate Kearney-Patch, who possesses a radiant voice but whose speaking voice requires more reining-in than was given by the director...
Like all great critics of capitalism, he is a dedicated materialist—dedicated, that is, to the joy of the material world. He takes immense pleasure in the shape, texture, taste, smell and mere existence of things. Nowhere is Fo more at home than in his exuberant account of the physical world. So deep is his love for all things physical that the idea of property seems repulsive—simply to experience the world should be joy enough...