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...Coens have been accused once or twice of of criminal facetiousness - that their blend of extreme gore and low comedy in such movies as Raising Arizona and Fargo betrays a contempt for both the genre and their characters. If that was ever true, it's not here. No Country has respect for both Moss' can-do resilience and Chigurh's inhuman relentlessness; the film is fascinated with the expertise and poise under pressure of desperate men whose time is running out. For an hour and 40 mins. the film never lets up, deftly charting the itineraries of Moss, Chigurh...
...Where does Pakistan go from here, and who will take it there? Chaudhry has inadvertently become a rallying point for many Pakistanis disgruntled with Musharraf's regime. Another player is Bhutto, who lives in exile after twice being dismissed from power on allegations of corruption, which she denies. But she remains easily the most popular politician in Pakistan and is therefore an essential participant in any future setup that hopes to call itself democratic. The third player is of course Musharraf, well intentioned but increasingly ill advised. He has developed an alarming inability to distinguish between his individual interests...
...first woman to lead a modern Muslim state, Bhutto was Prime Minister twice in the 1990s and remains popular despite the venal corruption that plagued her administration. A deal could allow Bhutto to return and lead her political party, even though term limits would prevent her from running for office...
...settlement was established in "northern Virginia" at what is now Popham Beach in Phippsburg, Maine. This colony lasted just over a year, but the colonists managed to build a 30-ton, 50-ft., shallow-draft vessel they named Virginia, which explored the coast and crossed the Atlantic twice. Four hundred years later, Maine is still recognized as home to the best boat builders in the world. From elegant yachts to Bath Iron Works' naval destroyers, Maine is celebrating 400 years of shipbuilding heritage...
...Harvard football, for example—whose numbers remain unverified—The Crimson approximates that the team is 77.7 percent white and 17.5 percent black, which is well below the 45.4 percent national average for Division I, but over twice the percentage of African-Americans in the student body in ’04-’05. Percentage-wise, the best represented sport at present is men’s basketball, at 28.6 percent (compared to a national average of 57.8 percent). Men’s soccer comes in second, with 26.9 percent of its roster composed...