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...other hand, consider this. America comprises a diverse, centrifugal democracy that is both morally and culturally chaotic. Can it be that these stories - these great gossip items -are what we have in common? Are they the exemplary tales through which we sort out and dramatize and universalize our values...
...issue of sovereignty over the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary is ever peacefully resolved in a final status agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians, such an outcome will most likely be the lucky product of a messy and chaotic process of “dialogue.” In such a process, the answers given by scholarship are not really answers. They can only be hints, suggestions, tools...
...Disney has spent months trying to counter this attitude. Dozens of young workers in a chaotic Tokyo office dart from desk to desk with armloads of flyers and press kits. A woman digs through a mountainous pile of movie stills; visitors mill under a massive close-up of Affleck. This is the war room, campaign headquarters for Disney's high-stakes launch. Pearl Harbor's budget?one of the biggest in history?is more than double the industry average and means the movie has to earn $400 million worldwide just to break even. But in Japan the company...
...those way too young to understand the significance of the occasion, not to mention use the toilet. Alana Glatzer, director of the Intown playgroup, a pre-nursery school in Washington, told me that the group's ceremony, complete with caps and diplomas for two-year-olds, is a chaotic and happy affair for the diaper-wearing graduates. "The kids don't always understand what's going on," she says, "but it's really for the parents...
...devout Catholic, Arroyo may feel a bit like Job?not an unfamiliar sensation for any head of state of the often-chaotic Philippines. Since being swept into office by a People Power demonstration this January, Arroyo has faced plenty of challenges. Predecessor Joseph Estrada insists he's still the real President of the country; a mob of 40,000 anti-Arroyo demonstrators attacked MalacaNang in May, prompting an unsuccessful coup attempt. There has been criticism of the appointment of her businessman-husband's cronies to key government posts, and a high-profile Senate race that required all of Arroyo...