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...Pollack recalls, "The first reaction anyone in America had was, 'We've done Vietnam.'" But they hadn't done the war of wills, the '50s debate of idealism and intervention, that led to the deaths of three million Vietnamese and 58,000 Americans. "We've had a lot of combat movies," Pollack notes. "We've had a lot of movies that have talked about how horrible and heartbreaking the war was. But we haven't had anything that looked at the attitude with which we drifted into...
...George Fernandes said "there will be no lowering of vigil" in Kashmir. Fernandes also ruled out any talks with Pakistan in the immediate future. BURMA Lost Childhood Human Rights Watch accused Burma's army of forcing children into military service, where they were subjected to beatings, pushed into active combat and prevented from contacting their families. The U.S.-based rights group estimated that children under 18 made up 20% of the country's 350,000 troops, giving Burma the largest number of child soldiers in the world. Burma's rulers denied the report, saying their troops were all at least...
...ripe complexity and still more energy. The songs, rich with new production agility, are still sharpened with critiques of the post-Sept. 11 world. “There are reasons to unite / Is this why we unite?” the band demands on “Combat Rock,” a reggae-tinged homage to the Clash. “If you hate this time / Remember, we are the time...
Babcock kept abreast of breakthroughs in psychiatry and was receptive to new, controversial concepts, his son Bert Babcock said. One treatment, hypnotherapy, draws on the mind’s resources to combat mental and physical ailments...
...security guards patrolling the lobby of Advanced Internet Technologies (AIT) in Fayetteville, N.C., are the first giveaway. In place of the standard-issue dark suit and tie, they are decked out in military garb, including black caps, fatigues and combat boots, with 9mm Berettas strapped to their side. Getting past them to work is a lot like getting on a plane these days: every employee as well as every visitor has to go through a metal detector and then get searched by a guard using an electronic hand wand...