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...CHUNG: You won’t hear too much dissent from me on this topic, Mr. Soskin. The reign of the summer blockbuster is an ugly, brutal one; long before the Bush administration made it a way of life, studios have relied on and thereby perpetuated a deep, long-standing ignorance within the American people. Far too many individuals have locked themselves into the mindset that film simply cannot exist as an art form comparable to its centuries-old companions in theater, painting and music. I’ve bore many an unhealthy grudge against friends unwilling to accept movies...
...long-simmering ethnic and regional tensions. It began approximately 14 months ago, when the Arab-dominated Sudanese government in Khartoum became embroiled in hostilities with two black African rebel groups based in the vast western region of Darfur. In order to undermine potential rebel support, Khartoum is prosecuting a brutal ‘scorched-earth’ policy against Darfur’s Blacks. Khartoum has armed nomadic Arab militiamen, the Janjaweed, who are carrying out the atrocities in conjunction with official Sudanese government forces...
...being made; and a war-crimes tribunal is formed. Those are huge steps. If the U.S. has the wisdom to stay the course, Iraq will have democracy, and that development will have a positive effect on the entire Middle East. Helping the Iraqi people recover from Saddam Hussein's brutal regime will take some time. The premature withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq for political reasons in an election year would backfire, and the whole region could be turned into an al-Qaeda stronghold. Dorothy Niklos Chapman...
Clarke, who quit his job at the National Security Council a year ago, would not have survived Washington's brutal ways in the service of three Presidents if he had not been a good politician. And last week he needed all the political skills he could muster for what he was about to do--direct a missile at the very fortress that so far has protected Bush's presidential advantage in this campaign season: the perception that, for all his faults, Bush has done everything he could to keep the country safe and managed the war on terrorism well...
...being made; and a war-crimes tribunal is formed. Those are huge steps. If the U.S. has the wisdom to stay the course, Iraq will have democracy, and that development will have a positive effect on the entire Middle East. Helping the Iraqi people recover from Saddam Hussein's brutal regime will take some time. The premature withdrawal of U.S. forces for political reasons in an election year would backfire, and the whole region could be turned into an al-Qaeda stronghold. DOROTHY NIKLOS Chapman...