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...talk shows. In that case, mission accomplished. Death of a President- which was impishly acronymed in the TIFF press material as D.O.A.P. (go on, say it out loud) - quickly became the festival's hottest ticket. "Publicists representing D.O.A.P seem to spend all their time rebuffing pleas for tickets," wrote Barbara Vancheri in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "As one said, 'It's like being the big-breasted blond woman on the beach in a tiny bikini,' and everyone wants a look." This excitement, suavely manufactured by the Festival and abetted by the film's detractors, will surely help boost the asking...
...even longer one of the people they will never, ever talk to. Rice and U.S. President George W. Bush are best friends, but the list of people, parties, organizations and countries they won't talk to is endless. It's time they grew up. Danute V. Handy Santa Barbara, California, U.S. Hotel Cells In "Jail breaks" [Aug. 7], Max Wooldridge claimed: "We've heard of office buildings and farmhouses being turned into hotels - but we had never heard of converting prisons." Please send him to Stockholm's Langholmen Hotel, a former prison that was closed in 1975 and then converted...
...College Gender Gap Barbara Ehrenreich's essay about boys goofing off at college while girls are overachieving was nothing more than the flip side of the stories during the 1950s and '60s that claimed women went to college only to find husbands [July 31]. I didn't care to be stereotyped that way back then, and as the mother of 18-year-old twin sons who are honor students, eagle scouts, Young Democrats and all-around solid citizens, I deeply resent such a demeaning picture of the current crop of young men. Surely there are also plenty of unfocused, lazy...
...Middle East is actually a war against international terrorism and the Iranian regime, which is a threat to all of the West. One day the world will recognize the importance of that fight and Israel's essential contribution. Aurélie Simonet Geneva, Switzerland The College Gender Gap Barbara Ehrenreich's essay about boys goofing off at college while girls are overachieving was nothing more than the flip side of the stories during the 1950s and '60s that claimed women went to college only to find husbands [July 31]. I didn't care to be stereotyped that way back then...
...hikes and the introduction of a higher vat rate - up to 19% - in Germany next year. One of the biggest risks is what happens in the U.S., whose economy is just starting to cool as the Europeans heat up. "Much will depend on how abruptly the U.S. slows," says Barbara Böttcher at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, who nonetheless expects that the Continent will be able to sustain faster growth for some time. Her peers at Credit Suisse in London are less optimistic, pointing to surveys that suggest business confidence is already starting to decline. And some countries, especially...