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...because our defense is cynicism, which precludes our finding a better world. We cannot believe there is any better world to find. At best, we believe we can improve our personal lot in this world. And so we neglect to vote and we become investment bankers, and if we enter politics it is with visions of a teenaged Bill Clinton and his Rolodex of potentially useful contacts dancing in our heads. Our crusades are personal and concrete; we know the dangers of idealism, and how little Don Quixote’s pasteboard visor offers. Our early modern literary avatar...
...Amandari resort in Bali. Teggia added sunken tubs, facial rubs and comfy antiques?all the frills expected of a luxurious retreat. Yet she avoided altering the rustic allure of life on the former Van ders Wan farm. The original 1828 farmhouse is now a library and a lounge. Guests enter the resort through an 1878 train station, moved from Mayong junction 250 kilometers away...
...deported from Malaysia on Oct. 11 after his passport was revoked by Washington, is part of a six-person al-Qaeda terror cell based in Oregon. The group is alleged to have "conspired to wage war" against the U.S., most notably when five of them sought to enter Afghanistan last fall to fight in support of the Taliban. Four of the six, including Bilal's brother, have been arrested in the U.S., while one suspect remains at large. Bilal himself flatly denies the charge. A straight-A student at Kuala Lumpur's International Islamic University, Bilal was well-liked...
...budget of [EURO] 40 million, a record for an Italian film - makes good on his pledge to stay true to the original story. But once the ballyhoo of the Italian release is over, Benigni, his wife and muse Nicoletta Braschi and Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein will enter an editing suite in the U.S. to prepare a dubbed and scrubbed version of the film for the U.S., where it is due to open on Dec. 25 at 2,500 cinemas. The company admits that it is making "nips and tucks" to Pinocchio but denies trying to Americanize the film. Sources...
...budget of [EURO] 40 million, a record for an Italian film - makes good on his pledge to stay true to the original story. But once the ballyhoo of the Italian release is over, Benigni, his wife and muse Nicoletta Braschi and Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein will enter an editing suite in the U.S. to prepare a dubbed and scrubbed version of the film for the U.S., where it is due to open on Dec. 25 at 2,500 cinemas. The company admits that it is making "nips and tucks" to Pinocchio but denies trying to Americanize the film. Sources...