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Comedian CHRIS ROCK, shown here dressed as rapper Missy Elliott, will be host of MTV's 2003 Video Music Awards...
...Essay against sending U.N. peacekeepers to Iraq, Michael Elliott wrote, "You don't bring peace to a violent land just by sending a multinational force wearing blue helmets" [GLOBAL AGENDA, Aug. 4]. But it was the lack of U.S. and other major-power support for understaffed U.N. forces that was at the root of the failures that Elliott cited. U.S. pressure in the Security Council to withdraw rather than enlarge the U.N. peacekeeping forces in Rwanda contributed to the severity of the massacre. The Dutch peacekeepers who failed to act in Bosnia did not have adequate support or a mandate...
Thank you for Michael Elliott's "Europeans Just Want to Have Fun" [ESSAY, July 28]. Learning from the Europeans is an excellent idea. As my child grows older, I see more benefits from spending time with family and fewer from toiling away so that we can afford a monster house and SUV. Seeing those different from us cast in a positive light is like a vacation in Paris. RACHEL HOLLOWGRASS Oakland, Calif...
...Intervening Interests Michael Elliott stated that the Bush Administration needs to clearly explain why it wants to intervene in places such as Liberia that do not appear to pose a direct threat to the U.S. [July 14]. He noted that "dangers await any Administration that strays from the national interest as the lodestar of its policy." I disagree and support U.S. intervention in troubled countries for humanitarian purposes. George W. Bush should definitely send troops to Liberia, regardless of whether doing so is a matter of national interest for the U.S. On many occasions the U.S. has been...
Maybe Verbinski's talent takes to water. Maybe he took inspiration from the cunning script by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio; their credits include The Mask of Zorro and a lot of bright, clever animated hits (Aladdin, Antz, Shrek). But, honestly, who cares to parse the authorship? Buy a ticket, take a seat, have a ball...