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...beautiful, though—not because the audience is witness to an epic drama, but rather because, thanks to honest performances from Hanson and Rushing, every moment feels genuine. Hanson hits all the right notes with her nervous restlessness, and, though Rushing’s deadpan delivery fell flat in Two Ex-Smokers, here it is the perfect complement to her co-star...
...There's a good political reason for issuing the latest alert, and to keep repeating them. The FBI and CIA were caught flat-footed by the Sept. 11 attack. The hijackings were a bolt-out-of-the-blue strike. And there will be another attack, again a bolt out of the blue. Everyone is sure of that. So count on both agencies to sound the alarm at the slightest provocation, so no one can say they didn't warn us ahead of time...
...that "I thought it was the appropriate time to come out." While he was quick to insist yet again that he had all the firepower he needed and could walk into the Oval Office any time he wanted?"I have the President's ear," he said?he also said flat out that he didn't have "technical operational authority" to do much of anything. In his private briefings with lawmakers from both parties, "nobody was swept off their feet," a Democratic lawmaker told TIME. "He was asked what his first priority was, and there was a 60-second silence...
...guard, the rest crammed into a tiny room lined with iron beds. Squatting around a smoky hurricane lamp we eat a meal of stale bread dunked in thin soup and drink strong black tea. After finishing, two of the boys turn to karambol, a game like pool in which flat counters are flicked across a board. Farid, another section commander, sits intently loading an ammunition belt with machine-gun rounds. Allah Mahmad lounges on one of the beds and talks wistfully of wanting the kind of education for his four sons that he never got. "Right now the two eldest...
...that’s the funny thing. After watching Clemens fall flat on his face in his first two playoff starts—not to mention his entire postseason career—Clemens’ performance Sunday was viewed by most as a solid outing. By now, Yankees fans are fairly happy as long as Clemens doesn’t totally screw...