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...wanted to show how his nature became evil, how he was forced to internalize evil," he says. But Hassan also includes scenes of the soldier relaxing with friends, showing a human side to the Israeli that's absent from many Palestinian films. "He could have been someone I might bump into at the supermarket," he says. That's a balanced stance toward the Israelis who have treated Hassan and the 1.2 million Palestinians inside Israel harshly over the years. They or their parents remained in their homes in 1948 and found themselves living in the new state of Israel. Though...
None of the answers are simple. Who wouldn't have authorized an extra wiretap or a longer detention if it could have prevented 9/11, but who knows how far to go? As the demands of security bump up against the safeguards of personal liberty, clashes have been breaking out around the country over where to draw the line. Librarians are alerting visitors that their Internet surfing or book borrowing may be monitored by the government. Nearly 100 towns and counties, plus the state of Hawaii, have passed resolutions condemning the USA Patriot Act, the post-9/11 law that greatly...
...nobody cared. The TV stations gave me exactly 10 seconds. So I used what I had learned: "Yes, I'm 40!" I yelled. "I used to be heavyweight champion of the world. If I miss you with my left, if I miss you with my right, I'll belly-bump you, boom!" People called the networks and asked to see more of me. Soon Madison Avenue was calling me. I hesitated, but finally I decided it would be O.K. if I sold only things I believed...
This Wall Street merger held the potential for big trouble from the start. Holly Becker, an influential Internet stock analyst, could bump share prices up or down with a few well-chosen words. Michael Zimmerman, a trader at a hedge fund with billions to invest, was constantly shifting money in and out of stocks that looked ripe for sudden movement. Once the two began dating, all it would take for Zimmerman to make a fortune for his firm would be for Becker to whisper the names of stocks she soon would upgrade or downgrade-and for Zimmerman to bet early...
Indeed, the man on the tape looked like Saddam, with his trademark mole and the small bump on his left cheek. He spoke with Saddam's characteristic enunciation, which includes a slight slurring of his words. When he visited a checkpoint at an intersection, smoky black clouds could be seen above the horizon, which could have come from the oil fires Iraqis have set around Baghdad to hinder U.S. pilots. It was 90 in Baghdad the day the tape was shown, and some of the men in the swarming crowds wore sweaters or leather jackets. But the temperature had been...