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...Somalia is once again the war no one wants to touch. Ethiopia is discovering, as the U.S. has in Iraq, that invasion and occupation are two different things. It is stuck fast in its own East African quagmire, reluctant to stay yet unable to withdraw. This month, in response to a Security Council request, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said sending in a U.N. peacekeeping force was "neither realistic, nor viable" and - appropriating the White House's language - suggested the formation a multinational "coalition of the willing." Ban knows full well that no one is willing. The African Union...
...first quarter: Peter Ajayi is lighting fast off the line. He just stopped Sandberg in the backfield for a two-yard loss. Can anyone move the ball? Please...
...first half: Fast-break bucket by Stanford, Pusar three-ball. Backup center Prowitt gets two easy ones, but McGeary comes back with a trey...
...hallway. Meanwhile, Tegan’s therapy session goes very strangely indeed, as her bored therapist dons a ski mask for one brief shot and eventually keels over on to the floor. As Sara joins Tegan from the fire escape and the two dash out of the room, the fast-paced editing nicely suggests the twins’ solidarity. The camera cuts back and forth from so many angles that it becomes difficult to tell who’s who. They’re definitely two separate characters again at the end, though; Sara looks less than pleased...
...Chicago that covered the lab where researchers were developing the atomic bomb. In Watson’s adult years, he made good on his early promise, using his education to rise to the top of the American science scene and win the Nobel Prize. The book is relatively fast-paced and never dwells too long on one subject...