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...girl, but Antonioni didn't see why he had to. How about, in L'Avventura, boy-loses-girl, boy-finds-another-girl-and- gives-up-searching-for-the-first-girl? (In fact, the film has not only a twist ending that is both sardonic and poignant but a big display of emotion: hot tears of remorse or self-pity, take your pick. If you haven't seen L'Avventura, it's worth getting the Criterion DVD to find...
...lesson from our team, which is made up of Sunnis, Shi'ites and Kurds who worked together regardless of their backgrounds and won." Similar tales were reported from all over the city. And the Iraqi flag was even waved by celebrating crowds in independence-minded Kurdistan, where its display is officially discouraged...
...tempting to turn to protectionism. But however well meaning, the failure of efforts to keep jobs in developed countries is already on display. The poster child of government attempts to protect jobs is Continental Europe, where companies are reluctant to hire new workers because they must pay costly employee benefits and because it can be difficult to fire workers who are later unneeded. Those restrictions are designed to help workers, but have instead in the long term led to unemployment rates in most of Europe that are twice as high as those in the U.S. Engaging in protectionism in response...
...minutes before served us iced tea and scones, might find a curious sight: one middle-aged, heavyset man bear-hugging another. In a way, Travolta's giving me an in-person demonstration of the intimate bond he has created with moviegoers and is ever ready to display. "I have a tacit agreement with the audience," he tells me when we return to our respective couches, "that 'John's gonna do this thing now, and it'll entertain...
...relative safe haven in Baghdad. Mortars fall there almost daily, usually in swift barrages that sometimes kill people in ones and twos. But even 30 minutes of sustained, aimed mortar fire could kill dozens in one stroke as well as shatter official Iraqi buildings that represent the only meaningful display of governmental order in the country...