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...years to come. And so what is the gift this capture has bought? Perhaps a true taste of freedom from fear for 25 million people who could never quite have faith that the tyranny was over while the tyrant was still loose. It was an antidote to the contempt expressed by Arab and European commentators who poked the American tiger: See, you can't even catch Saddam. "This is very good news for the people of Iraq," British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Sunday. "It removes the shadow that has been hanging over them for too long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saddam's Capture | 12/22/2003 | See Source »

...sympathetic soul looking to redeem a promising life pissed away. He?s also falling in love with Catherine. So he joins forces with her as a pianist-singer duo at the nightclub of menacing Marko (Peter Lorre), who knew the dead woman. All this amateur sleuthing wins the initial contempt of detective Broderick Crawford, who snarls to Marty, ?You just gotta play detective. Do I go around playin? piano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Fear Noir | 12/16/2003 | See Source »

...years to come. And so what is the gift this capture has brought? Perhaps a true taste of freedom from fear for 25 million people who could never quite have faith that the tyranny was over while the tyrant was still loose. It was an antidote to the contempt expressed by Arab and European commentators who poked the American tiger: See, you can?t even catch Saddam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ?We Got Him.? | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

...western thinking and dress (though he ultimately proves his superiority to the Japanese warriors by becoming the “last samurai” of the title). The audience is simply supposed to accept the idea that everything Western is an abomination, deserving of the murderous (if also suicidal) contempt of the samurai, who at times are depicted as almost inhuman in their ability to withstand the bullets of their enemy. Native Americans and the Japanese become interchangeable, with the Japanese effectively avenging the destruction of the Cheyenne...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Movie Review | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

...Everyone now gets to meet many more people of the opposite sex. In these meetings there is less pressure, less artificiality—you can be yourself. I remember weekend dates brought into the dining hall to stand in line for dinner, running a gauntlet of leering envy or contempt. There is more informality now; students have fewer dates but go out in groups. Girls don’t sit by their telephones waiting for a call. One of them might even call you. This is good...

Author: By Harvey C. Mansfield, | Title: The Dangers of Sexual Equality | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

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