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Last Friday, the class watched “Gaza Strip,” a documentary about elementary-school boys who wish to die as martyrs for Palestine. In disturbing detail, the film portrayed young children being massacred by exploding bombs...
Since Sept. 11, for instance, U.S. agencies have picked up different conversations by suspected terrorist associates on imminent nuclear, biological and chemical attacks. The problem is that most threats are bogus, and as a senior U.S. intelligence official admits, "you can get bogged down in the detail." Just two weeks ago, another Administration official tells TIME, the threat matrix contained warnings that terrorists might try a major attack, such as a car bomb, against a U.S. military facility in Saudi Arabia or the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. But since then they have received countless reports of new potential threats...
...distinguished technical elements help the production. Alexandra K. Levin ’04 designed an interesting set, which depicts the filth and clutter of the family home with wonderful attention to detail. The mismatched furniture, empty beer bottles and extensive collection of old newspapers appropriately set the mood. The jazzy music accompaniment, provided by Ryan W. Blum ’04 and Alex D. Gordon ’04, adds an appealing element to the production, amplifying the tense moments in the dialogue...
Maybe one telling detail in this equation is the way Scott’s relationship died out with his bank-telling golden girl. The year was drawing to a close, and Scott’s wide range of activities and farewell dinners kept making it harder for him to make those visits to the bank. Now, settled in another city, in one of those coveted e-recruiting super-jobs, Scott can only reflect on his days dating an “unmarriageable” bank buddy...
...Then it's down to business. The plane takes off and Li discovers the landing gear won't lower: the plot develops from this seemingly minor detail. The crew wrestles with the mechanism for 10 minutes before the plane is ordered to turn back with only two hours' worth of fuel and 137 passengers on board. On the ground in Beijing, controller Liu Yuan (You Yong) arrives, chain-smokes, swigs coffee and looks suitably tormented. Prodded by Liu, the pilot tries multiple maneuvers, including a touch-and-go landing to bounce the apparatus down, and a manual release...