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...secular present, and the worldwide expansion of both." The phrase "clash of civilizations," later popularized by Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington, is now regularly invoked by political analysts to explain images of angry demonstrators in an Arab country chanting anti-American slogans. Though the concept is subtle and complex in the hands of these two leading academics, the media tend to boil it down to this: the cultures of the U.S. and Europe, with their heritage of democracy, civil liberties and women's rights, are doomed to collide with Islam, which is trapped by tradition into cherishing an opposite...
...UNITED STATES HOW KERRY THINKS Both nimble and deliberate, the Democratic candidate's mind is a complex thing...
Sonny, in the tradition of Jar Jar Binks and Gollum, was created by painting computer graphics over an actor (here, Alan Tudyk). It's a suave simulacrum that makes Sonny the film's most complex and human character--granted, by default--and sets him apart from the killer "can openers" in pursuit of Spooner. There's a nifty car chase, with the cop (in an Audi, its logo prominently displayed) set upon by a vicious android posse. Even if the scene is not up there with the 14-min. freeway free-for-all in the second Matrix movie...
...global casino game. Europe, where many countries allow small casino operations, is a new frontier for gaming firms seeking to replicate Vegas-scale entertainment - and profits. In Spain, for instance, property developer Gedeco and French resort operator Groupe Lucien Barrière are collaborating on a hotel-casino complex in the La Mancha region (Don Quixote country) that will also have five restaurants, a 500-seat theater and an 1,800-sq-m conference center. Says Heliodoro Giner, secretary of the European Casino Forum, an industry group: "There is nothing in Europe like this." Yet. Britain may be the biggest...
...droid named Sonny, the only creature in the room with the inventor when he died. Sonny, in the tradition of Jar Jar Binks and Gollum, was created by painting computer graphics over an actor (here, Alan Tudyk). It's a suave simulacrum that makes Sonny the film's most complex and human character - granted, by default - and sets him apart from the killer "can openers" in pursuit of Spooner. There's a nifty car chase, with the cop (in an Audi, its logo prominently displayed) set upon by a vicious android posse. Even if the scene is not up there...