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...Remaking whole nation-states in some of the world's most troubled regions is nothing if not a "big government" affair. It may take relatively small numbers of troops to knock out odious regimes, but stabilizing the countries they leave behind inevitably requires a lot more - a point some of the Iraq war's key architects, such as Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, seemed conceptually unable to grasp before the war. But as the Economist tartly notes, war lite is all very well, empire lite could be a tragic mistake. Iraq - and Afghanistan - are only likely to be stabilized...
...work for a very wealthy mafia boss, Tang (Baotian Li) and his mistress Xiao Jingbao, played by the timeless Gong Li. Overwhelmed by the glitzy life of the big city and the opulence around him, Shuiseng also witnesses inter-triad betrayal, Xiao’s tumultuous love affair and vicious gang wars. The plot carries director Zhang’s trademark of conveying the dark side of Chinese politics. Shanghai Triad screens Thursday, August...
...WOMEN. In George Cukor’s comedy on love and infidelity, a group kidnaps their friend Mary Haines to a ranch near Reno to convince her that revenge must be taken on Mary’s husband for having an affair with a shopgirl. The 1930s film, with its all-women’s cast, is rife with wicked humor, a sadistic person who loves to see a friend’s misfortune, and the female perspective on the war of the sexes. The Women screens Monday, August 4 at 7 p.m. and Tuesday, August...
...HOSPITAL. In Hospital’s tightly plotted suspense novel Due Preparations for a Plague, two adults who survived the 1987 hijacking of an Air France flight by Iraqi Islamic Fundamentalists attempt to piece together the gruesome details. As the U.S.’s sordid role in the affair is uncovered, protagonists Lowell and Samantha work to bring their information to light and struggle with the emotional toll of digging into their pasts. Hospital reads from Due Preparations for a Plague on Tuesday, August 5 at 7:00 p.m. Wordsworth Books...
Never mind that Prince, who feels comfortable enough to roast his boss on his birthdays in front of hundreds of employees and who once persuaded Weill to dress as Superman for the affair, is practically family to Weill--or that Weill's gibes were in fun. Never mind too that Weill, Prince and Willumstad spent the weekend at Weill's country home in the Adirondacks in upstate New York celebrating the succession plan over a meal of sea bass and a rare magnum of 1966 Henri Voillot Pommard from Weill's cellar. This is business, and Weill has been spectacularly...