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...fact, the territory at the heart of Talibanistan--a heavily forested band of mountains that is officially called North and South Waziristan--has never fully submitted to the rule of any country. The colonial British were unable to conquer the region's Pashtun tribes and allowed them to run their own affairs according to local custom. In exchange, the tribesmen protected the subcontinental empire from northern invaders. Following independence in 1947, Pakistan continued the arrangement...
...live in an age when nothing is to be kept private, nothing is to be borne in silence, no one is too proud to stoop to conquer. It's hard to blame Gingrich, a politician, for adjusting to this situation. And it's not even clear how much one should blame Dobson for his prying - no one has to submit to it if he doesn't want to, and millions of Americans look up to him as a civic and moral leader. I respect much of what he has done, including his efforts to counsel families and defend the right...
...celluloid, are based on the writings of Herodotus, allegedly the “father of history.” Back in August 480 BC, his “Histories” tell us that King Xerxes of Persia filled the Hellenic peninsula with his barbaric hordes, ready to conquer and command Greece. Vastly outnumbered and representing the alliance of Greek city-states, 300 Spartans—the movie’s namesake—held their ground for three days at the pass of Thermopylae, where numbers mattered less than in open ground...
...Loosely based on the historical battle of Thermopylae, “300” starts with an intriguing premise: A paltry band of Spartan soldiers take on the biggest army the world has ever known, led by the Persian tyrant Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro). Faced with an enemy determined to conquer the ancient world, the Spartans must prove that they really are history’s greatest warriors. With that premise, how could “300” disappoint? Well, to begin with, it’s a painfully overdone film. Dialogue often consists of no more than characters losing...
...grandeur. It is a day that is pressed between the icy breaths of February and the eventual warmth of April. The air is still brisk enough to warrant a jacket but lacks the icy teeth to demand a coat and a scarf. The snow has abandoned its campaign to conquer the world and appears content to defend its strongholds away from the sidewalks and roads where the green happy grass also begins to shake off its winter layers. People seem to be more pleasant around March 1st. I think this is because somehow they sense that the equinox is approaching...