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...masked fighter of Islamic Jihad appeared on Palestinian television following the attack and read a statement announcing that the attack was intended as "a clear message to Palestinians that we must stop our internal fighting and aim our weapons at the Israeli occupation forces." Other Palestinians say this is a power play aimed at winning popular support for Islamic Jihad by showing that is the only group still fighting Israel...
...that is an illusion. The mirror is really a pool of liquid mercury in a shallow wood container. A touch would send ripples racing across its surface, and it must always aim straight up to retain its curvature. As the container is slowly rotated on a turntable; making one revolution every six seconds, the mercury rises gently toward the edges and dips in the middle, the way coffee does when it is stirred in a cup. In perfect deference to the laws of physics, the metal's highly reflective surface takes the form of a parabola, the shape of solid...
...already been so eloquently shown. As a director, Stone does not yet have the craft to match or mediate his passion. His film works in spurts: a scene that sputters with bombast will be followed by some wrenching fire storm of death in combat. But nowadays, when directors aim for the predictably cute or gross, these spurts are tonic. They prove that someone out there, working from the mind and gut, is willing to put both aggressively onscreen. So Platoon is different. It matters...
...elections set for next spring. At the same time, however, the Aquino government has emphasized that it would never be a party to such a coalition. The President has even avoided a meeting with Communist cease-fire negotiators, her spokesman Teodoro Benigno explained last week, because the aim of the organization they represent is "to topple the government by revolution...
Teenagers buy the quick hair switch because "it's fun," giggles Adriana Zabarkes, 16, a senior at New York City's hautprep Trinity School. Besides, she adds, "nobody seems to like their own hair." In Los Angeles, where red is the hair flavor of the day, the aim among youngsters often is to imitate such scarlet-tressed idols as Teen Actress Molly Ringwald and Sarah Ferguson, the new Duchess of York. Older trendies are often attracted by the instant but revocable shock value. Explains Allan Mottus, publisher of the Informationist, a beauty-industry newsletter: "Monday through Friday you can have...