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...billion euros in 2007; that in addition to dealing in drugs and arms, it invests in legitimate businesses around the world, including the reconstruction of the World Trade Center; that in the past three decades, the Camorra has murdered more people than al-Qaeda has. It is these statistics, rather than the movie's viral vignettes, that hold the real power and horror of Gomorrah...
Detroit's woes are a concern, Smith says, "but we've seen that before, years ago when all the manufacturers pulled out of the sport. We've been down that road before. We would rather have them with us, but if they're not, the sport continues...
...streets of Tehran or huge portraits of the country's leaders. These are perhaps signs of confidence that however young and restless Iranians may be, they aren't a threat to the power structure. Disaffected Iranians either leave the country or concentrate on preserving their own pockets of freedom rather than struggle against the Islamic system. People know the red lines: women know the dress codes they can tweak; artists and writers self-censor or approach sensitive subjects obliquely. "We don't want another revolution. We don't want regime change," says the owner of a contemporary-art gallery...
...reasons I accept but will never fully understand, hundreds of millions of people would rather be entertained by the Oscars than by this column. So I felt vindicated when I got an e-mail three weeks ago from John Palermo, the producing partner of this year's host, Hugh Jackman, saying he liked my work and wanted me to write for the Academy Awards. I wasn't exactly sure how the Academy expected me to craft an opening in which Jackman quickly segued into talking about me and my sophomoric sexual obsessions, but I was up for the challenge...
...freedom that gives games their distinctive character as a storytelling form. They grant players the freedom to make choices rather than frog-marching them through the action. But therein arises a contradiction: in order to feel as if they're really interacting, players have to believe they can truly go anywhere and do anything in Liberty City. At the same time, in order for a story to get told, they must be gently but firmly stage-directed through the plot. "You've got this beautiful 3-D world that lives," Houser says, "and it's got all these background characters...