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...star" of the film is the former bin Laden bodyguard, Abu Jandal, a jovial, extroverted taxi driver now living in Yemen. After working for bin Laden in Afghanistan in the 1990s, Jandal moved back to Yemen, where he was arrested by authorities in connection with the bombing of the USS Cole in October 2000. He was briefly jailed and then made a deal with the Yemeni government to take part in the government's "reintegration" program, trying to persuade young Islamists to give up violence for education. Following the 9/11 attacks, Jandal was interrogated by FBI officials and became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oath: A Tale of Two Al-Qaeda Operatives | 2/20/2010 | See Source »

...acclaim. The villainy surrounding its hero is vast but not, in Oscar terms, important; and there are a few giggle moments, as when one of Lang's women pops into the Ghost's bed. But we should hail a movie that recalls creepy political thrillers of the mid-'70s, back when some films were made for grownups and the comfortable catharsis of a happy ending was not required - think of the panoramically cryptic worldview of The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor, and of course, Chinatown. In its cataloguing and deft evocation of those films, and the director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ghost Writer: Polanski Escapes into His Cinema Nightmares | 2/20/2010 | See Source »

...there is also a surgical approach to fixing a broken wrist; it's had its place for decades. It was always a judgment call though: back in the day we sometimes would operate if the fracture was really bad. It generally worked out satisfactorily, but tellingly, many had learned not to operate when the fracture was really, really bad. The surgical results when the wrist was truly blown to bits often seemed to be worse than the results with closed treatment. The body can get it right - or at least more right than a surgeon can - once in a while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does a Broken Wrist Need Surgery? A Close Call | 2/20/2010 | See Source »

After a three from freshman guard Christian Webster brought Harvard (17-6, 6-3 Ivy) to within five points of the two-time defending Ivy champions, Cornell seniors Ryan Wittman and Louis Dale hit back-to-back threes to stifle the Crimson comeback, helping the Big Red (22-4, 8-1) pull away to a 79-70 victory at Lavietes Pavilion Friday night...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Comeback Falls Short as Cornell Drops Crimson | 2/20/2010 | See Source »

...It’s no question that that was, I thought, the biggest moment in the game,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “We fought back and dug ourselves out of that hole and got it to that position…Dale made a number of shots I thought were very tough, and so did Wittman. What are you going...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Comeback Falls Short as Cornell Drops Crimson | 2/20/2010 | See Source »

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