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April 1942. A U.S. submarine is camouflaged as a German U-boat in a zany scheme to capture the Reich's Enigma code. Flouting all rules of the sea but honoring every war-epic cliche about guts under pressure, Lieut. Matthew McConaughey and his team give a demonstration of old-fashioned mechanical virtuosity--of people doing difficult things well, including things they never thought they could. The sub is really a time machine: this brisk, not-quite-plausible thriller returns us to a time when men were men and movies were shorter...
...York City loft. Contrary to his pledge, Giacchetto began gambling on risky ventures, and a number of stars grew concerned over poorly organized or absent financial statements. According to a federal indictment, Giacchetto was drawing unauthorized checks from his clients' accounts to cover his expenses. In a Ponzi-like scheme, he would also allegedly loot the account of one customer to pay off another. Though he did reimburse some clients, others are out a bundle--and Giacchetto, who is free on a $1 million bond, may never eat lunch in any town again...
...says he would do nationally when we see what he actually has done as governor?" He later noted that Texas ranks near the bottom nationally in percentage of poor children who are insured. Gore went on to attack Bush's policy competence, claiming that Bush's "risky tax scheme" would reduce the federal budget to the point that any combination of his proposed initiatives would be impossible to fund. Bush's credibility attacks against Gore, meanwhile, focus on character, suggesting that Gore doesn't have the moral fiber to see his centrist agenda through. Bush likes to focus...
However, this scheme came under fire from officials at several Boston universities, including Harvard. Their ire, coupled with the fact that Harvard owns the Allston warehouse that Kozmo operates out of, led Kozmo to recently withdraw its request for a liquor license. Instead of making a reasonable effort to compromise, the University inappropriately exerted its influence to squash private enterprise...
...surprised that I have found living things on my own world. But if life really exists on my planet alone, then I must still record a positive result from this only possible sample. After all, I knew the answer for the earth before I ever formulated my scheme for sampling...