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...both sides, admired Justice O'Connor's flexibility in the court's contentious decisions. She eschewed rigidity in favor of nuance in each controversial case, and the U.S. has been the better for it. Gloria Kottick Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. The job of a judge is not to express a personal opinion but to read and apply the laws enacted by our elected representatives. A Justice is not authorized to change or ignore the law. How can we fairly enforce our laws if judges do not faithfully comply with them in every detail? Jon Moseley, Executive Director Legal Affairs Council...
...attempts at romantic subplots fizzle and the film is paced so strangely that it feels both too long and too short, for fans of wuxia, Seven Swords will still satisfy. Every time the plot threatens to twist itself into knots, Tsui lets loose with eye-popping, inventive battles that express far more emotion than the stilted dialogue. In Seven Swords, the blade is the thing...
...Before the sentencing, Taft apologized for what he has described as "errors and omissions" on his statements. "I have failed to live up to those high expectation and the expectations of the public. I am very disappointed in myself," he said. "There are no words to express the deep remorse that I feel over the embarrassment. I offer my sincere and heartfelt apology. I hope the people will understand that these mistakes were done unintentionally. I accept full responsibility for this mistake, and I'm sorry...
...electronics store, and his co-workers (Paul Rudd, Romany Malco and Seth Rogen)--once they discover his chaste condition--become determined to cure it. But although they are experienced, they're not what anyone would call mature. No less than Andy, they live in fear of women, although they express it as contempt. Emotional virgins, they would be incapable of offering, as he does, a plausible and rather wistful little speech about how he happened to give up in his efforts to woo and win girls. (Instead he has built up a world-class collection of action figures...
...named Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani, and he is not a Baathist or a member of al-Qaeda. He is working for Iran. According to a U.S. military-intelligence document obtained by TIME, al-Sheibani heads a network of insurgents created by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps with the express purpose of committing violence against U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. Over the past eight months, his group has introduced a new breed of roadside bomb more lethal than any seen before; based on a design from the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia Hizballah, the weapon employs "shaped" explosive charges that...