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...changed in the Gulf, with U.N. arms inspectors heading back to Baghdad on Friday, following Iraq's acceptance of a deal brokered by Russia. The U.S. continues to monitor the situation closely, unconvinced that Saddam Hussein will allow UNSCOM unrestricted access to strategic sites - and Washington maintained its military build-up in the region in case he doesn...
...movie doesn't ultimately match the sly wit of Scream or the films from which it borrows. The ending, in trying to be both clever and moralistic, comes off as manipulative and uninspired--in other words, too conventionally Hollywood. It's a huge let-down after a fun build...
This is just a taste of what the draft is all about. It's even better than the Super Bowl in some sense because every team can participate in the anticipation and the build...
...picture was born as a short film and probably should have stayed that way, since I reckon no conclusion this certain needs a build-up this long, mmm-hmmm. To its credit, though, "Sling Blade" plays out among real human beings, a welcome break in a year of airborne cows and impossible missions. A few swift cuts in the editing room and Thornton could have had a real winner. As is, "Sling Blade" is a worthy runner...
...public and private property. The Palestinian police faced an old enemy who was shooting fatal rubber bullets at their own population. A response at that moment was eminent, but it was the Palestinian police who in fact helped end violence after all. As for the Palestinian threat of "arms build-up" against countries who want to stop "unconventional warfare," one can only guess what this means. Forty thousand poorly-armed and poorly-trained Palestinians are hardly a threat to Israel's military potency, which is the only country in the region that bears nuclear weapons and refused to sign...