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...sergeants' obscene arias of disgust and contempt (see also Full Metal Jacket and Heartbreak Ridge) as they begin the process of stripping young American males of their individuality, any tendency they might have to think for themselves or harbor the odd, rebellious thought. These early passages in every modern combat movie are designed to induce a state of shock and awe in its viewers, soften us up for the horrors to come. We laugh, we cringe, we begin looking forward to the transformation of these innocents into lean, mean killing machines...
...Mendes's Jarhead, which is based on Anthony Swofford's best-selling memoir of his service in the 1991 Gulf War. There is, however, this important difference between this film and its predecessors: these guys never get to fire a shot. They are all dressed up in stifling combat gear but they have no place to go, except over the next berm (or dune) where they find nothing but more emptiness, more sand, which, if you want to get all fancy and symbolic about it, matches the emptiness inside them...
...disease, the more people will survive it. But how many are going to die before we do get the drugs? The prototype of the vaccine has produced positive results in humans, and Hungary should be able to produce it in large quantities. We must learn to live with and combat this disease. Tamas Illes Budapest...
...seeing people sleep outside in freezing temperatures, I’m sick of it.At the risk of surprising a lot of people who are familiar with my libertarian-ish, somewhat conservative views, it is time for a massive increase in local, state, and maybe even federal aid to combat this serious problem. Before this column turns into a Howard Dean campaign shriek, however, I should note that my homelessness recipe comes with a healthy portion of tough love and a massive side of realism.First, the numbers. Around 800,000 people are homeless on any given night, according to the Christian...
...Next, Bush will try to address growing worry over bird flu reaching the U.S, by announcing on Tuesday his strategy to combat a possible pandemic. And on Thursday, he will depart for a five-day trip to South America, where he will visit Argentina, Brazil and Panama...