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Iraq is a country where lawlessness comes in many forms. At its most lethal it is the car bombs in Baghdad, the ambushes of U.S. troops around Fallujah, the shootings in Tikrit. But outside the deadly Sunni triangle, the absence of law has produced a chaotic sense of freedom that leaves Iraqis both exhilarated and terrified. To get a clearer picture of conditions in the entirety of Iraq--particularly in the north and south, which have received less media attention--TIME teamed up with ABC News to travel the length of the country, visiting more than 30 towns and conducting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Things Stand | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...trees) and a massive bark-beetle infestation (which killed off many of them). The Federal Government had just denied the state's request for more funding to remove dead trees when the fires hit. In a matter of days, 14,000 fire fighters found themselves arrayed along a chaotic front, often watching helplessly as flames engulfed houses and leaped across freeways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A State In Flames | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

Saving finesses the controversial details of the rescue, embellished in early accounts. Lynch doesn't empty her rifle when her unit is captured (but the ambush scene is chaotic enough that you might believe she did), nor are the soldiers who rescue her met by Iraqi troops (but the movie tries to gin up suspense anyway). Sigh. It would have been a far less dull picture had the meddling truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Damsels Still In Distress | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...episodes of sudden death with terrific contrast between line and tone through etching and aquatint techniques. His two prints from Brahms Fantasies resemble surreal collages of these techniques, with eerie open-mouthed faces stuck onto harps and a powerful background of turbulent waves and sky converging to reflect the chaotic power of the composer’s music...

Author: By Jackeline Montalvo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Centennial Celebration Exhibit | 11/7/2003 | See Source »

Actually, the whole album is persistently unstable. It’s ironic that the wailing “Lucky Star,” featuring London mic adder Dizzee Rascal, is the most reservedly chaotic track on Kish Kash. Elsewhere, the music wants to collapse in exhaustion. Buried in swirls of noise and guitar, the otherwise steady beat on “Supersonic” seems to teeter before its own breakdown. “Right Here’s the Spot” nearly limps under the weight of its sheer sonic detail and insistent...

Author: By Crimson Staff, | Title: New Music | 11/7/2003 | See Source »

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