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...larger sense Be Kind Rewind declares that the riches of cinema history touch each of us personally. Films become so deep a part of us that we own them that our memories of them, whether faithful or fanciful, become their meanings. As a movie critic and, even before and above that, a movie lover, how can I disagree with that...
Thatcher's choice of a successor for Carrington reflected her own weakened position within the Conservative Party as a result of the Falklands invasion. He was Francis Pym, 60, the man considered to be Thatcher's most serious rival for the party's leadership and a critic, however cautious, of her stringent economic policies. Wealthy, Eton- and Cambridge-educated and a descendant of the famed Puritan leader of the House of Commons during the 17th century English civil war, Pym had hoped for the Foreign Secretary post after the Conservative election victory of May 1979. Instead he became Defense Secretary...
...election was a disaster for Labor, which suffered its most stinging defeat since 1918. Michael Foot, 69, the donnish, white-haired historian and critic who would have become Prime Minister had Labor won, held on to his parliamentary seat at Blaenau Gwent in Wales, but is expected to resign soon as Labor's leader...
...Whenever we've investigated previous police action the press was in on, the trail has always stopped with police unions, and never led to Sarkozy or the government in verifiable fashion," says Daniel Schneidermann, media critic for the daily Liberation. "We'll probably never know where the initiative for leaking began. The thing to watch is how many suspects are detained and tried in the days and weeks after this sweep, once the media attention dies down. If a lot are, then this was a genuine police operation. If not, we can put it mostly down to spin...
...Democratic President or a Republican President once the new presidency begins. I believe that the next President will see American security interests in a different light once they’re in office.” Zinni, a former peace envoy to the Middle East, has been a vocal critic of the war and did not support invading Iraq in 2003. He has been floated as a potential vice-presidential running-mate for Democratic hopeful Barack Obama, but he said following his speech that he has no plans to endorse Obama or any other presidential candidate. Zinni commended General David...