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...room of the IMAX headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif., Hanks doesn't look like a man consumed by the moon. He looks like a man getting over a cold--coughing, sipping hot tea and racing to get through the last few weeks of postproduction before heading to Europe to begin shooting his next superproject, The Da Vinci Code...
...nobody but me dares to talk about it," he said. If convicted, he faces up to three years in jail, though few expect such an outcome. Instead, the penalty may be paid by all Turks who support the move to join the E.U. The European Commission is due to begin accession talks with Turkey on Oct. 3, but Dutch Christian Democrat M.E.P. Camiel Eurlings wants negotiations suspended if the trial goes ahead. Pamuk hopes his case will not count against Turkey's bid. "This is without doubt an example of utmost intolerance," he told Time. "But I don't want...
...help those undecided in their concentration choice. To excited college freshmen, it proves a huge disappointment. Centering on a textbook instead of original sources, it is sadly reminiscent of high school classes. It might be argued that an overview is indeed helpful since students clearly need to begin the study of history somewhere. But this optimism is an illusion. The image of the past presented in the course is so superficial that it helps students only in the most basic way and does not succeed in introducing them to the most important aspect of the History Department: the interpretation...
...doesn't take that long. In the morning, the U.S. and Kurdish special forces begin moving north, toward Sarai, through the stone-paved alleyways. Within minutes, they are ambushed. The U.S. commanders rush machine-gun teams to the rooftops to pour out suppressing fire as the others advance below, clearing houses as they go. Anguished families come rushing out, caught in the cross fire and herded by the soldiers to the relative safety of the edge of town. A little girl cups her ears with her hands and wails each time firing breaks out. A 5-year-old boy gingerly...
...some indication that the U.S. is doing anything more than playing whack-a-mole with the insurgents. In Tall 'Afar, the U.S. and Iraqi troops awake on the morning of Sept. 6 to the sound of messages being broadcast over loudspeakers instructing civilians to leave. At mid-morning, families begin to emerge across Route Barracuda waving sad little white flags. As a family shuffles past, a Green Beret weapons sergeant bellows for them to be stopped. "Who's that red-headed guy?" he asks. The men are sifted out, five identified as suspicious. Flashes of defiance and anger raise suspicions...