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...plot of the propaganda film to her own work on Reconstruction, essentially comparing herself to a detective, digging for clues to piece together an unknown. This thematic framing device is used throughout Reconstruction, and helps to add dramatic weight to Lusztig’s search for her grandmother, the absent hero of the story...
...strong enough to put Iraq on the target list for immediate retaliation. Yet even if Saddam was involved, changing the Iraqi regime to one more aligned with Western interests would be a tall order. Defense Department sources tell TIME that a classified study has just concluded that absent a long war--of the sort the World War II Allies fought against Germany and Japan--it is almost impossible for a military intervention from outside to impose changes that stick...
...open NASDAQ trading. Jackson’s surprise appearance at the 2001 VMAs drew wild applause, and his recent tribute concerts in Madison Square Garden featured an array of celebrities and the much-hyped reunion of the Jackson Five (although his sister Janet, currently on tour, was notably absent). MTV has been airing Jackson’s past hits, while VH1 has shown special after special about the King of Pop. Invincible will be released domestically on October 30. His previous recordings are being remastered and readied for re-release; Jackson’s new single...
...Like Mondays,” is an off-kilter pop song about a young girl who one day decides to shoot her classmates. But where the original gave perspectives from both sides of the gun, Amos entirely assumes the identity of the girl, singing a sugarcoated song of almost absent-minded violence—“And the lesson today...
...Still, it was hard not to admire the speech. The verbal miscues for which the President is known seemed, for the most part, absent. The speech?s simple and plain-spoken language served him better than the loftier rhetoric of, say, his inaugural address or his stem-cell decision talk. He seemed emotional but steady, confident but not cocky. "This will not be an age of terror," was simple and surefooted. His paeans to bipartisanship were obvious but also necessary and well done...