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...Harvard are some of the best catches you’ll ever find,” she says, without a hint of sarcasm...
Spielberg is at his best in visualizing a world he believes to be more menacing than it has ever been. That is more than a matter of noirish shadows. It is the hint of suspicious movement in the back of the frame, a pan that goes on a few frames longer than necessary, suggesting the possibility of a menace that may be present. Near the movie's end, a casual pan along the Manhattan skyline reveals the World Trade Center buildings. Had to show them, the director says. They existed at a historical moment in the mid-'70s. But there...
...mysterious as in Brandt's grave photographs. His elephants appear as weighty as the pyramids. His rhinos look more ancient than carbon. His apes know something we don't. Given the multitude of human disasters in africa, is it an indulgence to lose yourself in pictures that carry no hint of the wars and famines outside the frame? Not when the pictures are such powerful reminders that africa is also a magnificent--and endangered--treasure house of animal life...
...trust that the U.S. does not allow abuses of prisoners. But the administration appears to be distinguishing between abuse - which it denies - and holding ?ghost? detainees in secret prisons abroad, which it has not denied, but only refused to confirm on the record or give details. Indeed, U.S. officials hint that at least some foreign officials have been in the know on movements of CIA aircraft, secret holding facilities or other operations, those governments may be getting a message that they'd better not protest too much. But its not clear whether Rice will explicitly make that point...
...promoting himself during the interview. He reserves his admiration for other comedians, including his former co-stars from television and his latest movies. For example, when asked how he feels about the recent success of his “Daily Show” co-anchors, he responds, without a hint of sarcasm, “Oh man, just to be mentioned in the same sentence with those guys...it sounds very much a cliché, but it’s really an honor...