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...throw his support behind Senator John Kerry. But Iowa's Leonard Boswell--who is uncommitted in the presidential race and expects to remain so--had no such qualms when Dean came to him with the same deal a few weeks ago. He hastily retooled his website so he could accept contributions over the Internet. Within 24 hours of the Dean campaign's sending out an email appeal on Boswell's behalf last week, a total of $51,557 poured in from 1,359 Deaniacs across the country, most of whom had probably never heard of Boswell before...
...that they would launch joint marine patrols to head off illegal immigration. The E.U. has begun negotiations with 11 countries to give them a guaranteed legal immigrant quota in exchange for more cooperation in stopping illegals. So far, Albania, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Macao have all agreed to accept the return of any immigrant that passed through its territory on the way to the E.U. No European country is ready to yield its immigration policy to the E.U., though member states have accepted some harmonization of standards and last month agreed on an E.U. border-management agency...
...terrorists, and Cruise’s character can be redeemed only after he rejects his western thinking and dress (though he ultimately proves his superiority to the Japanese warriors by becoming the “last samurai” of the title). The audience is simply supposed to accept the idea that everything Western is an abomination, deserving of the murderous (if also suicidal) contempt of the samurai, who at times are depicted as almost inhuman in their ability to withstand the bullets of their enemy. Native Americans and the Japanese become interchangeable, with the Japanese effectively avenging the destruction...
...Chill, all the characters eventually dismiss their principles and beliefs as simply being a part of youth and accept conservatism as a part of adulthood and having a family. In this film, however, the characters merely mourn the loss of their youth and the changes that have taken place since their youth...
...calls to SafetyWalk over the past week have not been answered. And callers are transferred to a voice mail box too full to accept another message...