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...have you driven a Ford lately? I rented a Focus in Oregon this summer and can't say I fell in love. The car lacked basics like an armrest and a driver-side trunk release--forget cruise control--and emitted a high-pitched whine at 60 m.p.h. O.K., it was a stripped-down, beat-up rental. But people, please, can't you do better...
...notes from the tragic day to remain private, the philanthropic widow of former Governor John Connally later shared her recall of Nov. 22, 1963, telling the A.P., "It's the image of yellow roses and red roses and blood all over the car ... all over us. I'll never forget it. It was so quick and so short, so potent...
There's something empowering about just exploring such questions. Loose Change appeals to the viewer's common sense: it tells you to forget the official explanations and the expert testimony, and trust your eyes and your brain instead. It implies that the world can be grasped by laymen without any help or interference from the talking heads. Watching Loose Change, you feel as if you are participating in the great American tradition of self-reliance and nonconformist, antiauthoritarian dissent. You're fighting the power. You're thinking different. (Conspiracists call people who follow the government line "sheeple.") "The goal...
...Secretary-General's post, a candidate must have the backing of all five countries. The U.N. has an unofficial system of regional rotation, so it is all but certain that its next leader will come from Asia. Which brings us to another wrinkle: traditional rivalries. This time around, forget any candidate from Japan. Its tense relations with P-5 member China mean a Japanese is a very long shot...
...might ask why powerful directors don't just straighten their spines, forget about the megamillions and go make their adult movies, NC-17 or no. The answer is that, for an American filmmaker, art and commerce are always in tension. The artist wants his film to be seen as he envisioned it. The businessman, who's taken millions to make the picture, also needs to satisfy his investors that the product will go into the widest market. A R-rated movie can play in any U.S. movie house; an NC-17 is verboten to many large theater chains and video...