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...necessarily darker, since the settings are Iraq and Afghanistan. Bahman Ghobadi's Turtles Can Fly tells a story of Kurdish kids on the Turkey-Iraq border. Many have been maimed by land mines yet never stop performing the one job that brings them money?searching for mines?under the command of a charming, scheming 13-year-old who pretty much runs the town. Stray Dogs, shot in Kabul by Marziyeh Meshkini, focuses on the young son and daughter of a Taliban fighter who is missing in action. Their mother has been imprisoned, and each night they try to break into...
...life, we ask TiVo or the Web or the Cheesecake Factory to indulge our slightest whims. Asking this is not selfish; in fact, it is a duty. ("Have it your way!" - was that an invitation or a command?) But under a political system devised before the dawn of the fixin's bar, we are suddenly asked to settle for those options that can please half the voters or, at least, five out of nine Supreme Court Justices. That rankles our American souls. We should be satisfied! We should be catered to! We specifically asked for the vinaigrette on the side...
Even before 1966, when Charles de Gaulle pulled his country out of NATO's integrated military command structure, France had a complex relationship with the Atlantic alliance. Since then, it retains a seat at the table in diplomatic and political terms, but doesn't take part in defense planning. President Jacques Chirac demonstrated France's diffident stance in 1999 by intervening in the setting of targets during the NATO air campaign against Serbia, and again last year by leading efforts to block the dispatch of air-defense systems to Turkey before the invasion of Iraq. So there was an inevitable...
...Onstage, Fosco is reduced to a clownish rogue. "As we Italians say, The plot, she thickens," he giggles. Nonetheless, Crawford, who followed Phantom by retreating to a Las Vegas showcase, re-stakes his dormant reputation as a brilliant character actor. Even in his fat suit, he has an easy command of the stage, preening and prancing with joy. Extra points for hitting a long high note in his showstopping A Gift for Living Well with a large, live rat crawling around his neck. As Marian, Maria Friedman is appropriately plucky and anguished. The other women are less memorable...
Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick should command similar respect for his running game. Coming off a season in which he missed three games due to injury, however, he will probably exercise more caution before leaving the pocket. Last year, Fitzpatrick led Harvard with 112 yards on 18 carries against Holy Cross. Though his numbers may be comparable this go around, the number of running plays called for him will likely decrease significantly. Murphy has impressed upon his captain the importance of having a healthy starting quarterback—a lesson easily learned after the Crimson’s mid-season woes last...