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Fans of epics in the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon tradition may be confused or annoyed by the intensely lurid tone of this movie. Well, all that means is that it's different--gorgeously garish, both in the color scheme (bold tints against the chrysanthemums of the film's title) and in the splash of wild emotion...
...marching Israelis and Palestinians into new peace talks perpetuates another persistent fiction: that U.S. involvement is the key to a breakthrough. That contradicts the real-life story of all three of the major peace agreements Israel has signed, with the Egyptians, Palestinians and Jordanians. Each was the result of bold initiative not by Washington but by local leaders, when conditions were ripe. In all three cases, the accords were the product of negotiations begun in secret behind the backs of the Americans. The Oslo accords with the Palestinians ultimately fell apart, but not because of a collapse of U.S. diplomacy...
Novartis bought Chiron and made a bold move into vaccines...
...possible reason, quite simply, is that a lack of female candidates in the past discourages women today: it may give potential candidates the impression that running for president represents a particularly bold move. Another is that women are being held back in some way on campus. While we will not jump to that conclusion, recent history suggests that some institutional or, more likely, cultural factors—on the UC itself or on campus at large—are discouraging qualified candidates from running. Without further investigation, it is hard to say what those might be, but we welcome initiatives...
...study group, which was chaired by former Secretary of State James Baker and former Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton, came up with a whopping 79 recommendations. Some are bold strokes, such as engaging Iran and Syria in diplomatic dialogue "without preconditions" - which Bush has so far rejected. Others get down into weeds, like Recommendation 62, which suggests that meters be installed at both ends of oil pipelines to detect thieves siphoning supplies from the middle...