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What prompted Bhutto to stand unprotected in the vehicle that carried her on the last day of her life? That act alone showed a woman who, though blessed with beauty, charm, charisma, wealth and education, was devoid of discipline and mature judgment. SaraKay Smullens, PHILADELPHIA...
...OSCARS CAN BE FAULTED FOR ANYthing, it's not for nominating obscure movies. Perhaps at its inception, popular films had the greatest artistic merit. But in a year in which intellectually devoid, flashy crowd pleasers (like 300 and Transformers) and crude, idiotic, supposed comedies (like Wild Hogs and Rush Hour 3) were among the highest-grossing films, how can Corliss justify suggesting that the awards go to more popular films? Discounting Ratatouille, you have to scroll way down the rankings to find anything that warrants consideration?like Charlie Wilson's War, No Country for Old Men and Juno. Moneymaking could...
...Ignatius wrote in "A Tsar is Born" that "No one is born with a stare like Vladimir Putin's." But I noticed that the class photo accompanying the story showed Putin as a youth of 14 with eyes devoid of emotion. Putin may not have been born with an emotionless stare, but he certainly developed it early. Audrey Thomas, Tottenham, Canada...
...when Putin's hunting down of the post-communist business "oligarchs" was in full spate. Medvedev has also frequently railed against corruption in Russian public life. He has made a point of saying repeatedly that the country badly needs to protect newly emerging small businesses. His career is apparently devoid of any postings in the Federal Security Service (FSB, the successor to the KGB), whereas several Kremlin leaders, including Putin himself, started their careers in the security agencies. He warmed the hearts of his audience at Davos this year: "We are well aware that there's one simple reason...
...individuals with whom we might not have any connection other than our shared humanity. With so many places in the world where human dignity is suppressed, the fortune of our situations is a mere blessing of history. Any of us may very well have been born in a place devoid of individual liberties...