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...bleed to death slowly in politics. As power and prestige ooze away, the hyenas around you grow bolder, until one of them finally gets brave enough to bring you down and take your place...
Meantime, the local tyrant, Lord Farquaad, has been torturing the Gingerbread Man. "No, not my buttons, not my gumdrop buttons!" his brave but hapless victim piteously cries. Just why his lordship takes such violent umbrage at fairy-tale creatures is not clear. But he decrees that they all be exiled from his kingdom to Shrek's fen, which irritates the monster...
...reconnect with his three grown daughters in Seattle (let's hope none of them are wolves). On the plus side, given the swelling Americana theme music, some viewers may think it's "The West Wing." Meanwhile, "The Agency," from movie director Wolfgang Petersen, is a drama about the brave, honest men and women of the CIA. Yes, the '60s were a long, long time...
Unlike many contemporary memoirists, Susan Travers waited to write her first book until its publication would no longer cause a scandal. At 91, the British-born Travers can rest easy. Tomorrow to Be Brave (Bantam Press; 287 pages) won't damage any careers or break any hearts. The book, which tells the fascinating story of the only woman ever to serve in the French Foreign Legion, is a rich, rewarding read. The Legion takes recruits from all over the world, subjects them to grueling training in some of the bleakest spots on earth and spits them out, five years later...
Vietnam was some omelet. But it was a war, after all--a tragic, confusing, mishandled business in which the enemy merged with the civilian population, and the girl who did the laundry might blow you up with a grenade hidden beneath the folded underwear. Brave, decent men like Bob Kerrey got hurt or killed and sometimes made mistakes that killed the innocent...