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...facts on the ground in Iraq have changed so much that it's easy to forget that it wasn't always so dire. When Bremer arrived, in May 2003, the deadly insurgency inside Iraq had yet to begin in earnest. But chaos was mounting, as internecine violence surged, citizens began settling scores and looters took everything that wasn't bolted down. Bremer had all of 10 days' notice that the Administration wanted him to take over as head of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), and it showed. A former adviser recalls being stunned when at an early-morning meeting...
...thinks he is. And I think he is very courageous. He's got great instincts. He's not a trained actor, and he is not an actor with years of experience on the stage. But he is an actor. And he brings a quality to this play that is earnest and raw, and there's truth in that...
Having walked all possible avenues of procrastination, the Beastie Boys started a new album just before Sept. 11. When the planes hit, the three lower-Manhattan residents justifiably took some more time off. When they began recording in earnest, "we kind of anticipated making a pretty serious record," says Diamond. "Maybe a fifty-fifty balance of serious to ridiculously silly. But as I say, there's no plan...
...great sense of humor but he can be very earnest as well,” he says. “One of the necessary elements of being a columnist is that you need to believe that people can benefit from your opinion every week—Jon has that, he takes himself very seriously. But,” Whitaker adds, laughing, “There’s nobody in the world who deflates Alter like Contreras, and then Jon will dig himself even deeper, and Contreras will get even more irreverent...
...past four years, audiences at the College’s Class Day festivities have received their share of advice and jokes from larger-than-life characters from the entertainment industry—Ferrell, wry liberal Al Franken ’73, earnest musician Bono and late-night jester Conan C. O’Brien ’85. But if Ali G mounts the stage today, it would appear to mark the first time Class Day has been hosted by a literal character...