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...mind, he said, when he learned more about the war. When asked why he is now refusing a job he essentially signed up for, Watada reframes the question, arguing that the job of a soldier includes refusing orders when he believes they are illegal. "I signed up to defend our country. The war in Iraq is hurting our country. Those who swear an oath need to stand...
...what he said (it clearly wasn't the best strategy; late Friday the Pentagon announced that Stimson had resigned because ""the controversy surrounding him...was hampering his ability to be effective in his current position"). The Grey's Anatomy actor, Isaiah Washington, chose the therapeutic option. He can't "defend nor explain" what he said, "there are issues I obviously need to examine within my own soul," he knows that "a mere apology" won't "end this," and so on and on. "Can I stop now?" you can almost hear him pleading to ABC, his employer. "No!" they reply with...
...injured power forward Sam Kaplan, nevertheless managed to out-rebound the Crimson, 29-28, and outscore them in the paint, 46-40. Harvard’s help defense was severely lacking—Yale players were repeatedly able to get the ball down low, and when they shook their defenders, as happened on numerous occasions, there was no one else there to defend against easy baskets. “Guys get blown by on a closeout—we work in practice all the time on the next person stepping up and being there, but I don?...
...chase has descended to the desert's burning sands, we learn that the latter was a once-peaceful farmer whose family was wiped out by Civil War irregulars led by Neeson (shades of the much better outlaw Josie Wales). Gideon will have his vengeance if possible, Carver will defend himself by relentlessly attacking him. But the lone victim is a clever cuss, and succeeds in wiping out all of his pursuers save Carver. The fleeing and fighting is intermittently interesting, but one is more interested, frankly, in why Anjelica Huston suddenly intrudes on the film, selling patent medicine and vague...
...next extended bargaining session, scheduled for January. Though Max Kampelman, the chief U.S. negotiator, announced only "limited" progress, he found the Soviets ready to do business as usual. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger traveled to Brussels to attend a meeting of his NATO counterparts and turned up in Paris to defend Reagan's secret dealings with Iran...