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Kerry's second Iraq-war vote was in part a reaction to his vote against the first. "Bush was saying, 'I dare you to vote against this war,'" says a Kerry adviser. "Of course, John had his substantive reasons for voting for the war. He believed the intelligence about the WMD. He had called for regime change in 1998, after Saddam forced out the U.N. inspectors. But I'm pretty sure there was a political calculation too. John decided not to give Bush what he really wanted: a no vote...
...government and established neo-Nazi leaders are losing control of this kind of grass-roots group. "Nobody knows what's brewing down there," he says. Sociologist Starovoitova agrees that neo-Nazi beliefs are slowly creeping into the mainstream. A few years ago, she says, neo-Nazis wouldn't dare court publicity over the murder of a scholar like Girenko who defended ethnic-minority rights. Now, they do. Neo-Nazism is like radiation, says the University of St. Petersburg's Sukhachev. "People don't see it, but it's here and it kills. Now it killed Girenko." It will certainly kill...
...press conference after Klebnikov's death, his brother Peter said: "As long as resolving disputes or removing someone who stands in the way by murder is considered normal, the country is sick." A swift, impartial investigation would be strong medicine. Without it, the only people who will dare speak up in future will be yurodivy...
...Every day I thought about telling [the directors] to turn the cameras off," says Hetfield now. "But I was trying to come back as this new person. A more open person. Also, I didn't want to let the band down. At a certain point it's like a dare, just to keep being open no matter who's watching." Just as daring is the fact that when Elektra expressed doubts about the movie, Metallica bought out the label. "We showed the band footage," says Sinofsky, "and begged them, 'Trust us. You have something special here...
...Every day I thought about telling [the directors] to turn the cameras off," says Hetfield now. "But I was trying to come back as this new person. A more open person. Also, I didn't want to let the band down. At a certain point it's like a dare, just to keep being open no matter who's watching...