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...some people received preferential deals to buy Iraqi oil below market price and then reap huge profits. The U.N. has been an anti-American club for years. One of the many reasons its credibility is questioned is the failure to enforce its resolutions against Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Scott Anderson Green Valley, Arizona, U.S. So Republican Senator Norm Coleman thinks Annan should resign his post simply because the alleged oil-for-food scandal happened on his watch? What, then, does Coleman think George W. Bush should do? What about the "catastrophic success" of the war in Iraq and the biggest...
...quarterbacks attending the Shrine game, however, Fitzpatrick is the only one from Division I-AA. In that bowl, he will split time with Stefan Lefors of Louisville and Kyle Orton of Purdue. The West roster boasts Hawaii’s Timmy Chang and Oregon State’s Derek Anderson...
...Steve Zissou, a mix of underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau and infomercial king Ron Popeil, Murray again plays a middle-aged man disappointed by what he has become. The actor has tremendous admiration for Anderson's ability to write flawed characters that have reservoirs of humor and dignity. For example, it takes a while for Zissou to get on the road to redemption because his ego is so achingly monumental. When he tells his wife (Anjelica Huston) about a grown man who may or may not be his illegitimate son (Owen Wilson), Zissou says, "I believe...
...Kingpin, the quirky Tim Burton--directed bio-pic Ed Wood, and Wild Things, a film he succeeded in hijacking despite the heavily marketed presence of a lesbian schoolgirl love scene. The movies were O.K., but Murray was better, and in Rushmore he finally found something worthy of his skill. Anderson conceived the role of the pitiable, contemptible but redeemable Herman Blume specifically for Murray (in part because he loved him in The Razor's Edge). Murray was a revelation as a man fighting off soul death...
According to some psychologists, however, even make-believe depictions of death have more influence than people realize. "One of the great myths is that unrealistic violence has no impact," says Craig Anderson, a psychology professor at Iowa State University who testified before the U.S. Senate in 2000 that violent games increase aggressive behavior and thinking. "Even in studies using cartoonish characters, you still get increases in aggression." What has yet to be studied, says Anderson, are the long-term psychological effects of the games--although with more than 90% of kids playing video games today, one problem researchers...