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...popular unrest forced the Syrians to lift their yoke on the country last spring. As a result, whether Hizballah should be allowed to remain armed six years after the Israelis left Lebanon is the most divisive political issue in the country today. Critics argue that only government forces should bear arms. Hizballah counters that given the weakness of the Lebanese Army, a disciplined guerrilla force is needed to deter Israeli aggression. And what better way to remind the country of that aggression than to provoke some by capturing a soldier...
...tidy little craftsman bungalow inhabited by his best friend, Carl (Matt Dillon) and his new bride, Molly (Kate Hudson). He means to be helpful, but continually screws up in ways that are meant to be funny, but are, in fact, so stupid and vulgar that I can't bear to write them down here. Suffice it to say that they generally involve bodily needs and functions that disgust his hosts - not to mention us, watching...
...woman says, her grin becoming awkward. “We don’t usually do this, we don’t just pick up hitchhikers,” she chuckles quickly. “I just couldn’t bear the thought that some creep might get you. You look so young.”She reaches into the back and begins to readjust her daughter’s blanket. “I mean, it’s not like we’re the type who pick up hitchhikers.”Except they are exactly...
...premise - "Science is the only reliable way to understand the natural world [but] is powerless to answer questions such as 'what is the meaning of human existence'" - but he tracks it to a different conclusion. "We need to bring all the power of both scientific and spiritual perspectives to bear on understanding what is both seen and unseen," he writes, maintaining that those perspectives "not only can coexist within one person, but can do so in a fashion that enriches and enlightens the human experience." And without seeming particularly immodest, he offers his own experience as Exhibit A. (See people...
...INTELLIGENCE REPORTS SUGGESTED that the Taepo Dong test was imminent, two former Clinton Administration officials, Defense Secretary William Perry and Assistant Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, opined in the Washington Post that a nuclear North with an intercontinental ballistic missile presented too great a risk for the U.S. to bear. The moment had come, they argued, for a pre-emptive strike against the North Korean launch site. Even if Perry and Carter were speaking in part to a domestic political audience in an attempt to prove before the midterm elections that Democrats can sound tougher than the Bush Administration...