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...because our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are less fighting machines than sitting ducks, that doesn't mean that moviegoers should be deprived of go-get-'em war epics - or, in the case of The Kingdom, an old-fashioned , new-fangled action movie with the hint of a political statement...
...those calls are made during a short time period, Catalano said. “Callers will use a soft voice or a whisper to distract the person they are calling into thinking that it is someone they know calling,” Catalano wrote in an e-mailed statement yesterday. The reports are similar to a string of phone calls placed by a man known as the “serial whisperer,” who targeted female students by calling dorm numbers consecutively, often saying that he needed company or asking lewd questions. In 2001, HUPD ultimately traced...
...picture of the emaciated French-born actress Isabelle Caro - who stands 5 feet, 5 inches tall (1.65 m) and weighs just 70 pounds (32 kg) - is accompanied by the words: "No Anorexia." Caro, now 27, says she has suffered from the disorder since she was a teenager. In a statement on its website, Nolita defended the ad, which has appeared on giant billboards and leading newspapers in Italy. "Toscani literally stripped his subject, to show everyone through this nude body the reality of this illness, which in the majority of cases is caused by stereotypes caused by the fashion world...
Henry James’s “The Portrait of a Lady” saved me from a mental ulcer. The Crimson’s books editor hates Henry James. I believe his exact statement to me, while discussing the venerable author, was “Ew.” I admit, the prose style is a little dusty, and James certainly takes his sweet time unspooling his stories. But I had an appetite, and he just hit the spot. My spring academic schedule was the intellectual equivalent of a triple-shot espresso. I took my first timid sips...
President George W. Bush spent Monday morning cautioning a group of young CEOs about excessive spending. It was clear that his statement was primarily aimed at Congress - a warning that he is serious about vetoing Democratic plans to add $22 billion to next year's budget for education, health and veterans' programs. But Bush's fighting words aren't just about the current battle over spending - they are as much about his efforts to shape his legacy as a committed fiscal conservative, all prior evidence to the contrary...