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...RING-A-DING-DING: PW reports that anticipation is building for "The Lord of the Rings," which opens on December 19 in 10,000 theaters internationally. The mass-market paperback edition of "The Fellowship of the Ring" (Ballantine; paperback) is already No. 1 on PW's mass-market list. "The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide" (Houghton Mifflin paperback) is No. 11 on the 12/9 NYT paperback nonfiction list...
...Indeed, it is the impression of the American referee leaving the ring while Sharon puts Arafat in a chokehold that has caused the most alarm in Arab and European capitals over the past three days - particularly when their TV screens are filled with images of terrified Palestinian children fleeing air strikes in Gaza. But despite the impression of Sharon having been given a green light to do as he sees fit, the Bush administration remains deeply divided over how to proceed. Only a week ago the State Department had sent General Anthony Zinni to cajole both sides into a cease...
...woman drawing blood by pricking the palms of their hands with nails—are by far the best works of the small exhibition. The turbaned man, who has a tiny pager stuck in his belt, has a slightly smug turn of the mouth. His drops create a perfect ring of circles where they fall. By contrast, the drops of the woman, who looks a bit more uncertain, splash in midair and fail to form a pattern. This suggests a subtle statement about the uncertain role of women in society, whether in the U.S. or Pakistan...
...bloodbath may have been, the Taliban prisoners brought it upon themselves by putting their captors in mortal danger. But the U.N.'s Robinson and the Red Cross want to examine whether the military response to the revolt was "proportionate" to the threat it represented. Such concerns may ring a little in a country whose wars have never been fought according to Geneva Convention rules. They may not be paid much heed in the U.S., either, where the major media focus has been on "Mike" Spann as a heroic first American combat casualty in the war against the perpetrators...
...administration’s view. Sure, a conventional military campaign can get rid of a nasty government, but it will not wipe out a terrorist network that operates in dozens of countries and can easily change its base of operations? Al Qa’ida is an organized crime ring, and we should fight it accordingly. If an organized crime ring had a cell in Brooklyn, you wouldn’t send a bomber to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge, demolish its water treatment plan or shell residential neighborhoods in the hope that some of your ammunition might kill...