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...Since Chertoff's nomination was first announced, Washington insiders have been mystified as to why he gave up a lifetime appointment as a U.S. Court of Appeals Circuit Judge to take over an unwieldy new bureaucracy with limited power. Chertoff says the answer is simple: 9/11. In the aftermath of the attacks, he says he realized that to be a part of helping the country respond was "the most important challenge of my generation...
...Exactly a year ago, for example, I attended a meeting of some New York intellectuals and Arab ambassadors to discuss the aftermath of the war in Iraq. As we left, one ambassador remarked to another that the U.S.-inspired elections might lead to the Shi'as achieving a dream they have held since the 7th century. But having resisted Shi'ite domination for almost 14 centuries, the Sunnis are unlikely to acquiesce quickly. Sudden democratic rule in the Middle East may not necessarily enhance American interests...
Marlowe’s script adheres closely to Virgil’s original text in the Aeneid, beginning with the political and sexual squabbles of the Olympian gods in the aftermath of the Trojan War, in which Venus, mother of Aeneas, favored the Trojans while Juno aided the Greeks...
...that recent example shows, it sometimes seems as if the Janet Jackson aftermath changed very little. It has--but in scattershot and inconsistent ways. In November, 65 ABC affiliates refused to air the uncut war movie Saving Private Ryan because of its profanity--although it had run without incident twice before. "It's a shame people couldn't see this patriotic film," said former Democratic presidential candidate General Wesley Clark, criticizing the FCC for waiting until February to rule that the film was not indecent. "They deserve an opportunity to see as much of the unvarnished truth as possible." (Even...
While representatives from Interscope Records and Aftermath Music could not be reached for comment earlier this week, I’m fairly confident that this is the first time anyone who openly lists N.W.A. as one of his inspirations has actively supported...