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...distracting nature of the raw footage, it emphasizes a central theme of the film: the uncertainty inherent in trying to keep peace in a combat zone. Every plastic bag on the street might be an IED (Improvised Explosive Device), every raid another anonymous order, every prisoner facing an unknown fate. There is no clear “mission” underway, no dramatic and well-coordinated “operation” in evidence...
...opportunities because of a sense of foreboding and fear of loss remind me of John Marcher, protagonist in Henry James' novella The Beast in the Jungle. Certain that some great misfortune was about to befall him, he failed to marry the woman he loved (lest she share his fate), or to do much of anything, only to realize too late that the great misfortune fate had in store for him was to throw away his life and opportunities because of his excessive caution and fear of the future...
...strange stroke of fate, Stenmark and Malone were both out with injuries at the end of last year, forcing the team to rearrange and account for their absence at that time...
...afternoon when Harvard celebrated Senior Day and its 400th victory in program history on home ice, it might have been perfect timing for Corriero to end her regular season playing career and break the scoring record. Fate isn’t always so accommodating. But if Harvard’s success continues, Corriero will finally get some recognition that even in this season has been rather lacking...
...artist's male lovers, holds the severed head of Goliath, a plain self-portrait of the artist. The painting is Caravaggio at the height of his lethal powers. Throughout his life he included his own likeness in his canvases. But in exile, as he meditated more forcefully on his fate, he appears more frequently than ever. In The Raising of Lazarus - a powerful topic for an artist yearning for a papal pardon - he's struck by the same shaft of light that picks out the dead man. In his somber Saint Francis in Meditation, he may even be the saint...