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...start with John Travolta, who plays Charlie Wax, a special operations agent for an unnamed but extremely bloodthirsty undercover American agency. To inhabit this role, he seems to have stolen Bruce Willis's bald head, along with the goatee Willis sports when he needs to look super tough and mature. This gleaming-headed Wax man has been sent to Paris to bust a drug ring and a terrorist cell. As a bonus, he will give machismo lessons to James (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a wonky polyglot who works as an aide to the U.S. Ambassador but longs to be Jason Bourne...
Another common objection to DADT’s repeal is the nebulous claim that there are more pressing issues to be addressed in contemporary American society other than the official integration of homosexuals into the armed forces. In other words, now is not the time to deal with such an issue, which lacks the urgency of the economic crisis, healthcare, the war in Afghanistan, and the continued threat of terrorism. In reality, however, there will always be something that arguably outweighs the repeal of DADT in terms of importance, and the presence of these other issues in no way diminishes...
...most importantly, erasing DADT from federal law will do much to allow homosexual soldiers—and homosexuals in general—to be viewed in the heroic and patriotic light they deserve as dutiful American citizens...
Amanda J. Claybaugh, an expert from Columbia on 19th-century novels, will join the English and American Literature and Languages Department as a professor next fall, according to a press release from Tuesday...
...would like to build bridges to [Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club] and the [American Repertory Theater], especially since Harvard is moving to give the arts, including theater, a more important place,” Puchner wrote. “When I teach drama, it’s important to me to convey what happens when a dramatic text is performed on stage: it’s a thrilling but also mysterious process...” he added...