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...give you the chance to see them in action.But better yet, instead of watching Brooks’ brilliant material miss its mark onscreen, skip the multiplex and go see Broderick and Lane reunite on Broadway in the superb revival of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple...
...like me, had it read to you, you would very likely be surprised by some of the ink that has recently been spilled over its screen adaptation. In a culture corrupted by filth and overflowing with movies whose artistic merit is alternately minimal or non-existent, it is odd that a film and a story as well-crafted and as beautiful as “Narnia” have been the target of such vitriol...
...class graduates, they must strike a balance between remaining loyal to their original 2005 classmates and assimilating into the Class of 2006. “It definitely feels like I don’t belong just because hearing all my friends talk about their jobs, it’s odd to be the only one still talking about classes and the dining hall,” Victoria E. Wobber ’05 said. She also pointed out that the absence of her class has made a large difference in how many people she recognizes in walking around campus. Carolyn...
...Washington, the season of giving takes on special meaning in years ending with odd numbers. Politicians seeking election or re-election raise money for their most treasured federally regulated charities: their campaigns. Vice President Dick Cheney headlines a fundraiser in Houston tonight for Republican Rep. Tom DeLay, the former House Majority Leader forced to step down an indictment for conspiracy and money laundering. Tomorrow, former President Bill Clinton stumps for his wife's 2006 Senate campaign at a swanky New York nightclub. Presidential potentials, such as McCain and Democratic New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, sign their new books, which, like...
...military intelligence believes that were it not for al-Zarqawi, the nationalists would have developed a political identity by now. Differences in means and ends have long caused friction among the odd bedfellows of the resistance. From the beginning there have been two wars fought in Iraq, one of liberation and one of global holy war. "Insurgency and terror are two different things," says Khalilzad. The divide was evident in Fallujah last year, when al-Zarqawi's foreign fighters dominated the city and the insurgency at large. They took over local militias' checkpoints and neighborhoods, even "arresting" leading Sunni insurgent...