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...letters, in which she said Prince Philip described Diana as a "harlot and trollop." Lady Sarah has denied ever seeing them. However, a detective investigating Diana's former butler Paul Burrell on suspicion of theft claims that Lady Sarah told him the letters had been stored in a mahogany box in Diana's study - a box that she opened and gave to Burrell. That chest, since returned to Lady Sarah, is now empty - and its contents missing...
...pamphlets from "soothsayers." But she maintains that no "historical" documents, such as correspondence with Prince Philip, were ever shredded: "My conscience is clear on what I destroyed." Still, prying open the wooden chest - and potentially unleashing those letters onto the world - may have been akin to opening Pandora's box. For a mythic figure like Diana, it's a fitting comparison...
...Albright cited Kosovo as the greatest achievement of her career as Secretary of State. It was the first act of the U.S. in the post-cold war era by which military action was used as a human-rights tool, and it opened a Pandora's box. It might be too early to call the operation a success. Drasko Jovanovic, Portland, Oregon...
...year-old actor is explaining why he made this Rambo, which seems like a dumb career move after 2006's Rocky Balboa. Stallone?pretty much hitless since the 1980s, when he was one of the biggest box-office draws in the world?wrote, directed and starred in the sixth installment of that dead franchise and emerged with a critical and commercial success. Rocky Balboa was a touching, honest, personal look at longing for past glory; Stallone held off from pandering so much that it didn't even have a training montage. But Rambo?the fourth one, and the first...
...career as Secretary of State. It might be too early to know what has been achieved in Kosovo. It was the first act of the U.S. in the post--cold war era by which military action was used as a human-rights tool, and it opened a Pandora's box. The outcome may be that the U.S. has gained a few million new friends but even more enemies. It might be too early to call the operation a success. Drasko Jovanovic, PORTLAND...