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...Citizen Kane, Brokeback Mountain--those are movies with artistic intentions. Their titles allude to a complicated protagonist or an evocative setting and promise more intricacies when the lights go down. Snakes on a Plane is a different kind of movie. It's about snakes. On a plane. The snakes bite people. The end. "I knew I was going to do the movie when I saw the title," says Samuel L. Jackson, who plays an FBI agent escorting a mob witness on a doomed flight to Los Angeles. "I think I have an audience member's sensibility, and the title just...
...China continues to grow, and the country continues to educate its people to meet the demands of a market economy, the window of opportunity for Chinese Americans will begin to narrow. Daniel Shih believes that has already started to happen. A Taiwan native who became a U.S. citizen in 1984, Shih, 54, was president of Motorola China from 2003 till last year, managing over 10,000 people. He says the days when Chinese Americans could go to China and write their own tickets are close to being over. China is now a much more competitive job market even for well...
...elephant from being killed,” she clarified. She also spoke about the progress made by women since the downfall of the Hussein government. According to Al-Moumin, under the Hussein regime, “the Iraqi woman did not get the chance to be treated like a citizen.” To rectify this injustice, she recommended more female participation in the higher rungs of government. “We need women at the core level of decision-making,” she concluded. “It’s been a long struggle for women...
...citizen of a country that signed the Kyoto treaty, I read TIME's cover headline urging me to be worried, and I thought, Don't tell me. Tell your President! Send a copy of your magazine to Bush on behalf of us Europeans. He is not listening to us. Maybe he has an ear for you, and will finally urge the U.S. Congress to ratify the treaty. Pieter Walraven Aix-en-Provence, France...
...halt global warming if we act like parents waiting up for a teenager out past curfew. We have to be proactive. We must make radical changes in the way we live, not just wring our hands while watching the catastrophe unfold. Valerie Fons Dowagiac, Michigan, U.S. As a citizen of a country that signed the Kyoto treaty, I read Time's cover headline urging me to be worried, and I thought, Don't tell me. Tell your President! Send a copy of your magazine to Bush on behalf of us Europeans. He is not listening to us. Maybe...