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...Drawing from a rich tradition of British cinematic realism, which includes directors like Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, the film has sparked controversy in its native land. England has long prided itself as an island of tolerance and freedom for newcomers, and detractors claim that Meadows' focus on an unpopular war - the film is inter-spliced with Falklands' footage - together with anti-immigrant racism lends undue emphasis to the seamier side of the country's recent past. A Sunday Times review by critic Cosmo Landesman dismissed the film's portrayal of 1980s (predominantly) white-working class as "unconvincing," railing against...
...losing our identity, becoming more concerned with Wall Street than our consumers," says Jean-Pierre Subrenat, chairman of the World Perfumery Congress and former head of the American Society of Perfumers. He is worried that industry specialists will lose their jobs and that financial demands will squelch creative freedom...
...Bush doctrine" originally referred to the President's insistence that those who harbor or aid terrorists will be treated like terrorists themselves. It now includes two additional elements: preemption, which calls for confronting the worst threats before they emerge; and Bush's "freedom agenda," which argues for nurturing democratic institutions within the Middle East as a way to deal with terrorism at its root...
...March, Alem?n's already loose conditions of house arrest were further relaxed to allow him the freedom to travel the country. And now that President Ortega needs opposition support for his government's agenda, Alem?n, who controls the second biggest legislative bloc in the National Assembly, is cashing in a few more chips. On April 19, Sandinista and Liberal lawmakers combined to pass a law reducing the prison term for money laundering to five years, which Alem?n conveniently will complete next December...
...Somoza dictatorship (which Ortega overthrew as leader of the Sandinista insurgents), was never a typical prisoner. He has spent more of his jail sentence in a hospital bed recovering from a minor finger surgery (three months to be exact) than he spent behind bars. And now that full freedom appears to be just around the corner, he has valiantly cast aside concerns for his own health for the good of his party...