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...Hoberman said. The Hollywood producers during the Cold War were growing aware that their movies provided a social function, Hoberman said. Action and war films during the early 1940s had catered to an excited, militant public. In the 1950s, that action was replaced by the tranquility of the homestead amid fears of nuclear war. Only a miracle, such as the voice of God in “The Next Voice You Hear,” could quell those fears, Hoberman said. Hollywood also found itself on the defensive from a religious revival that was fueled by those same fears...
...flood of paper seems likely to raise new questions concerning Gonzales' performance and that of his subordinates in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys last year. The material portrays disputes and disorder at Justice, as senior staff - and Gonzales himself - struggled to deal with fallout from the firings, amid increasingly tough questions from Congress as to whether they were politically motivated...
Princeton University recently repaid nearly $800,000 to a donor foundation amid claims that the money had been misappropriated, but denied any misuse of the funds...
GUARULHOS, MEXICO Bush motorcade amid poor...
...Amid rumors of a massive divorce settlement, ex--Mrs. Paul McCartney Heather Mills announced she'll compete on Dancing with the Stars. Immediately betting site BODOG.COM began wagers on whether her prosthetic leg will fly off on air, stipulating that it "must fall off, not be purposely taken off." score...