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Blanchett: She couldn't stand too near a naked flame, otherwise her entire wardrobe would go up in smoke [all crack up]. Those pants were quite extraordinary...
...ever feel mesmerized by the usual stuff you hear about China--20% of the world's population, gazillions of brainy engineers, serried ranks of soldiers, 10% economic growth from now until the crack of doom--remember this: China is still a poor country (GDP per head in 2005 was $1,700, compared with $42,000 in the U.S.) whose leaders face so many problems that it is reasonable to wonder how they ever sleep. The country's urban labor market recently exceeded by 20% the number of new jobs created. Its pension system is nonexistent. China is an environmental dystopia...
General James Jones, who worked in Afghanistan, calls the cuts "astounding." But other experts think it's wasteful to crack down on drug dealers without reducing drug use. In other words, manage both sides of the problem. Narcs or not, the new crop hits streets this spring...
...main political backing comes from Moqtada al-Sadr, the firebrand leader of the most dangerous militia, the Mahdi Army. In his speeches, al-Maliki routinely promises to deal firmly with the militias, but in practice, he has always shielded them from American arms. When U.S. forces have tried to crack down on the Mahdi Army, they have been held back by al-Maliki. Worse, the Prime Minister has played to the Shi'ite gallery by publicly chastising the U.S. military for its pains...
...illuminated leafs of the manuscript at a distance, crack my knuckles, revel in my cunning, flash a little smirk. I know a little something about Islamic decorative arts in the 16th and 17th centuries...