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...film industry is well known for its sharks, which is why it is so striking that director and British Film Institute ex-chairman Anthony Minghella was consistently praised by colleagues for his "sweetness." That quality, along with his gift for the edgy, sweeping story, helped Minghella make powerful, critically acclaimed films, including The Talented Mr. Ripley, which earned him an Oscar nomination for writing; Cold Mountain; and 1996's The English Patient, which won nine Academy Awards, among them Best Director for Minghella. The filmmaker, who had just finished shooting The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Botswana, died suddenly...
...underage, budding alcoholics out there, this is the trip for you. Only a train ride of several hours separates you from a lovely drinking age of 18, Canada’s only gift to mankind other than Beaver Tails and maple syrup. It’ll be cold, but the beer blanket should help. While you recover from your hangover, you can tour the famous “Double-Decker City” with beautiful architecture and museums above miles shops and boutiques underground...
...office in a quiet corner of the Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center fellow Meghan L. O’Sullivan is surrounded by photographs from Iraq. She points to one that was a gift from Gen. David H. Petraeus—a snapshot of the pair standing together. In another picture, Iraqi president Jalal Talabani gives O’Sullivan a kiss on the cheek at the UN General Assembly meeting in 2006. A third shows O’Sullivan briefing a serious-looking President Bush in the Oval Office...
...most other visitors, however, a large, modern visitors center -nearby but out of sight - would certainly be a welcome addition. Visitors today arrive at a cramped parking lot set along the A344, that's far too small for so popular an attraction. The only other facilities are a tiny gift shop - selling Stonehenge Rocks! T-shirts - and an unappealing take-out food stand, both housed in ugly, shed-like structures. Maggie Livingstone of Suffolk, who last saw the stones more than 40 years ago when she was a youngster, was en route to Somerset with a friend when she decided...
...multinational forces to happen, we have to have a very accelerated plan for equipping and supplying and training the Iraqi forces to take over because you can't just withdraw the forces and leave the chance and opportunity - you offer a gift to the al-Qaeda groups that are already in Iraq, for the Saddamists who don't believe in the political process. They will take the opportunity to come back to have power and have attacks against the innocent people. So yes, it's time, because...