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...regime don't need to do that anymore to survive. A return to what used to be called, in the early years of the Bush Administration, a "strangulation" strategy, only increases the incentive for Kim to behave badly, with very little hope that the Pyongyang government will disappear anytime soon, not so long as China, the North's only real ally, is doing what it can to forestall collapse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea's Syrian Connection | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

...after all, can't cheaper also be better? The software behind the touchscreens (which also serve as individual video monitors) knows when the turkey-bacon wraps are gone, so they disappear from the screen and you're never disappointed. Meanwhile, the first-class cabin, $1,600 on the New York--L.A. route, has more luxurious, traditional service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richard Branson's Flight Plan | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...Tang Clan, with its nine living members and hundreds of “affiliates,” won’t disappear so quickly. Older than some Harvard freshman, Wu-Tang still manages to make its presence felt. This evening, their “Witty Unpredictable Talent And Natural Game” (one of several ‘backronyms’ spelling out Wu-Tang that the group has devised for its name) will grace Yardfest in Tercentenary Theater (which has no backronyms...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe and James A. Mcfadden | Title: Concert or Discord? | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...boyfriend, Mark consoles himself with the assertion that “he could wreck him.” When Sam abandons his novel and stops writing for journals and the like, his Google hit numbers shrink, prompting him to scream “They’re trying to disappear me!” Sam’s response is to begin to write lists of all the women he’s slept with—an attempt to reaffirm his dominance. Ultimately, the novel ends with Keith deciding how best to assert his power: “There...

Author: By Sanders I. Bernstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Literary Men’ Lives On Ideas | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...lighter topics with relative ease. Whatever the political nuances that viewers may draw from his latest picture, McCarthy sees his film principally as a form of entertainment, which aims to be as gripping as possible. “My job is to tell a good story and have people disappear into a movie for one and a half hours—but its nice to have people rally around...

Author: By Betsy L. Mead, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Visitor’ Invites Inquiry | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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