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...everything. A former governor, Sher Mohammed Akhundzada, was caught with nine tons of opium, enough to force him out of office, but not enough to put him in jail, since he enjoys - according to U.S. military sources - a close relationship with the Karzai government. Indeed, Akhundzada and Karzai's brother Ahmed Wali - who operates in Kandahar, the next province over - are considered the shadow rulers of the region (along with Mullah Omar). "You should understand," a British commander said, "the fight here isn't really about religion. It's about money...
Once there, Brecher saw his career flourish. He remains the only person to be given solo writing credit on two Marx Brothers films (At the Circus and Go West). Groucho Marx, the mustached brother, once said that beginning his friendship with Brecher was "the only good thing about making At the Circus." Groucho--in a play off of Brecher's uncredited role as script editor on The Wizard of Oz--also bestowed on Brecher the nickname "The Wicked Wit of the West." Brecher used that wit to create the long-running radio series The Life of Riley...
...Obviously, he’s been an inspiration for me,” Jantzen says of his older brother. “I want to win an EIWA title and would definitely like to be national champ...
...this comfort, the question now is how to move past the novelty of mashing up Mariah Carey and James Taylor, avoid another descent into nostalgia, and continue the eternal forward march of creation and discovery. Remarkably, in a security-obsessed era typified by Bloombergian, antiseptic New York and Big Brother London, people are leaning more and more toward experimentation and ingenuity. As a result of the commercialization of Disco, too many good ideas aren’t seen to fruition, and with the spread of AIDS in later decades, many of those who could have kept innovating passed. These...
...Ditto, Axl. 2008 has seen a slew of new releases from seemingly defunct bands, the best of which is Metallica’s “Death Magnetic,” released this past September. “Chinese Democracy” is the bastard brother of Portishead’s “Third,” another album that fans waited over a decade for. “Third,” released in April, seduces the listener with labyrinthine tracks, sounding like pared-down, refined versions of the trip-hop trio’s old songs. (Metallica...