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...conflict in Iraq is so overwhelming, controversial, and timely a subject that the makers of “The Situation”—self-proclaimed as the first feature film to focus on the war—exert most of their energy explaining themselves. As they try to prove that they understand the complexities of Iraq and care about the continuing tragedy, mawkish sentimentality and ham-fisted didacticism join forces to drain the project of all dramatic coherence. After curfew in Samarra, in Iraq’s volatile Sunni triangle, two Iraqi teenagers approach an American checkpoint. Unarmed...
...front next year. Tired of the outsize roles New Hampshire and Iowa have played in the nomination process, more than a dozen other states, including Nevada (see page 54), are joining a virtual presidential-selection scrum, hoping to grab a slice of the influence early voters get to exert. Here are some other states that have officially moved up their primaries. [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] STATE DATES POSSIBLE IMPACT ALABAMA Old: June New: Feb. 5 A critical gauge of who will carry the black vote. It will be one of the first contests...
...majority [of Iranian diplomats] feel it is a fruitless pursuit,” he said. After the panel, one student said the discussion was thought-provoking. “Tonight it became very clear, in talking about the leverage other countries can exert over the United States, the extent to which there is multi-polarity in the world,” said Ari S. Ruben ’08. “This bone-headed administration has wasted its opportunity to have influence...
...will really test the support [for] the government. They express a great deal of appreciation for what I'm saying. I want pressure on the Israelis to withdraw. They say they are doing [that], but I want to see results. We want the United States to exert further efforts in achieving the withdrawal of the Israelis from the Shebaa Farms...
...editors: Re: “Drop The Stock,” editorial, Jan. 12. Investments are complicated but the tragedy of the ongoing slaughter in Sudan is not. Tough economic pressure is a powerful and important way to exert pressure and bring the killing to an end. The best solution would be for Harvard to hold Barclay’s responsible and remove all investments from them for their irresponsible investing. CHRISTY DAY ’71 Amherst...