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...further desecration of the Rating Board is suggested by Jill Sprecher, director of last year’s acclaimed 13 Conversations About One Thing. In the DVD’s audio commentary, she states that she intentionally inserted an inappropriate word into the film so that it would garner an R rating. The implication was that independent studios often pressure their directors to avoid the PG-13 rating, which may make art-house aficionados less willing to consider films as serious work...
...test of a true leader was not getting us into this war, but getting us out. President Bush needs to garner the support of the international community NOW. Too much of the equity in our reputation is being spent as we continue to stand virtually alone in trying to create stability in Iraq. Our arrogance in believing we are the only ones who can do it right is appalling. D. Simonides Palo Alto, Calif...
...panel said, "could serve as a guarantor of peace and stability if it is retrained in part for constabulary duty and internal security mission"--something that has only just been started. Ron Adams is a retired Army lieutenant-general who acted as deputy to retired Army General Jay Garner, chief of the reconstruction effort in its first months. Says Adams: "There were some of us saying, right from the get-go, 'We think there's a troops-to-task mismatch here--I'm not sure there are enough troops to maintain security.'" Ibrahim al-Janabi, of the Iraqi National Accord...
Rice's working groups failed on two counts. First, they never succeeded in getting State and the Pentagon on the same page. In January Bush assigned responsibility for postwar Iraq to the Pentagon--to which Garner reported--which soon made it plain that everyone else would play a secondary role. But, just as important, the Rice group responsible for postwar planning, led by Elliott Abrams from the National Security Council and Robin Cleveland from the Office of Management and Budget, woefully underestimated the cost of reconstructing Iraq. It was the work of that group that in large part...
...Committee on Calendar Reform, named last Thursday, will be discussing potential changes in the College’s calendar in an effort to coordinate all schools in the University. The committee will include two undergraduate and three graduate students, as well as professors from each of the schools to garner a variety of perspectives on the ten schedules that currently co-exist at Harvard...