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...Democratic presidential hopefuls are landing blows on national security, an issue that was supposed to be unavailable to the opposition. And the addition of General Wesley Clark only gives the Democrats more credibility on this terrain. Though the G.O.P. foot soldiers support George W. Bush with a fervor not seen since Ronald Reagan's presidency--the campaign has raised close to $80 million so far--they are calling on the White House to start fighting back. "It's 10 to 1," says a Bush adviser who has urged the campaign to go on the offensive...
...story’s premise allows Black to tap into the keg of pure rock fervor from which he drank as a record store clerk in the film High Fidelity and in his band Tenacious D. But despite his incensed grimaces and feral guitar-groping, Black actually gives something akin to a complete performance. The sundry scenes in which Finn responds to the pupils’ various insecurities give a faint glimmer of hope that Black might have an acting career after his novelty wears off. As principal of the school, Joan Cusack delightfully combines insufferable prudence with button-down...
...assembles 20 Botticelli paintings and six drawings, plus a dozen works by contemporaries like Filippo Lippi and Piero di Cosimo, all working during the late 15th century, when Florence blossomed in the humanist atmosphere of the Medici court before being swallowed up by the fire-and-brimstone fervor of the Dominican monk Savonarola. Along with several of Botticelli's delicate Madonnas, the show's highlights include a colored-ink Map of the Inferno illustration for Dante's The Divine Comedy, and St. Augustine in his cell, a fresco for Florence's Ognissanti church later transposed to canvas. It will...
...first American in space in 1961, China's Shenzhou has flown on only four occasions. The reason for China's rush may be a political imperative to blast off on-or near-the Oct. 1 National Day. A successful flight will likely stoke the country's growing patriotic fervor. The celebrations could rival those that accompanied Hong Kong's return to the motherland in 1997 or China's selection two years ago to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, when Beijingers thronged Tiananmen Square to celebrate their national ascendancy. "If it succeeds, expect a sudden propaganda campaign to instill feelings...
...mourn lost (Freaky Friday) or emotionally distant (Thirteen) fathers. Is it possible that the absence of fathers, a subject touched on in Whale Rider and Castle as well, is what's driving these girls nuts? That's a question some movie should tackle with the kind of head-on fervor often seen in teenage girls. --With reporting by Desa Philadelphia/Los Angeles