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...atmospheric “Prologue” that begins the soundtrack, with its tinny, haunting melody, conjures images of fallen leaves swirling in an autumn breeze under a full moon. It is the music of cinematic anticipation, of something wondrous about to happen. A movie cliché, perhaps, but one that is tremendously effective for Rowling’s world of wizardry...
...forestall the severe economic, political and human consequences of AIDS is to take swift action against the epidemic. Treatment, prevention and education efforts all need far more resources than they currently receive. The U.N.’s international AIDS package that received considerable attention in August has since fallen by the wayside. It needs to be brought back into the public eye and given full funding by Congress as quickly as possible. The U.S. needs to take leadership in the war against AIDS as it did against terrorism, and it must push to get desparately needed funding...
...frontlines get further away by the day as local commanders defect from the Taliban in a domino procession. To the southwest, Herat has fallen due to a spontaneous uprising by the Shiite Muslim population against their Sunni Taliban rulers. To the south, Kabul and Jalalabad have gone. And now the fight is for Kandahar, where the Taliban was born and which has remained its administrative center...
...audiences have fallen in love with Amelie-Audrey, a fusion of the actress and her character. "Unfortunately," she says, "I'm not like her. I had a happy childhood. I have less imagination, and I'm more timid. When someone sees me, I don't want him to meet me. I wish I could be enchanted by this." Tautou, now shooting her first English-language film, Dirty Pretty Things, for Stephen Frears, will have to settle for being an enchantress...
...more carpet bombs to fall before it tries to take Kabul. The U.S. hopes the fall of Mazar will set off a string of rebel victories in the north, demoralize Taliban forces in the rest of the country and inspire wholesale desertions. Now that a major city has fallen, says Sirrs, "the momentum will start to turn against the Taliban." But those who don't defect will melt into their surroundings, lie low and wait to pounce. "The Taliban is unlike anything we've ever seen before," says a senior Pentagon official. "If you destroy the military capability...