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...word one wouldn't normally apply to a war film set on the Bosnia-Serbian border. And one could choke on the laughs that Tanovic evokes, at the co(s)mic absurdity of this or any war. But the novice director has devised a devious satire, in which everyone is splendidly misguided, from the ethnic enemies who wind up in the same trench to the French and British U.N. soldiers who try helplessly to impose peace on centuries of fratricide...
...powder funds a massive narco-economy throughout the Americas and beyond. It's simple supply and demand. Free-market disciples such as Presidents Clinton and Bush appear to forget the fundamentals of their economic philosophy when it comes to the drug trade, pouring billions of dollars into efforts to choke the supply while doing little to curb demand. This year's annual report by the White House Office of National Drug Control policy revealed that of the 5 million Americans in need of drug treatment for drug addiction, only 2.1 million received any. Part of the reason was financial: Where...
...taking these preventative measures, I regret to say that I am now sick, but true to Homer Simpson style, I must hold that this illness is everyone’s fault but mine. Yes, I try to wash my hands before every meal, I get plenty of sleep, and choke down those immune system-building veggies. I avoid idly touching mucous membranes and (involuntarily) avoid any wholesale bodily fluid transfers. It is all of you who don’t get enough sleep, don’t eat right and suck face like there’s no tomorrow, then...
...effective program to fight climate change need not involve huge increases in energy prices or draconian rules that choke industries at the smokestacks. The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends a range of new devices, including hybrid gas-electric cars that run half the time on a traditional internal-combustion engine and the rest of the time on batteries, boosting gas mileage considerably. Also promising is the combined cycle-gas turbine that can be used in place of traditional turbines to generate electricity. The new hardware operates at up to 60% efficiency, nearly twice that...
...effective program to fight climate change need not involve huge increases in energy prices or draconian rules that choke industries at the smokestacks. The emphasis could be on introducing new technologies that would make conservation not only easier but also economical, if not profitable. The report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends a range of new devices, including hybrid gas-electric cars that run half the time on a traditional internal-combustion engine and the rest of the time on batteries, boosting gas mileage considerably. (This technology could even be put into SUVs.) Also promising is the combined...