Word: iraq
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...Wearing what appears to be a "transvestite Paris" Halloween costume, Hilton asks Sheen for help crafting her "FoPo" (foreign policy, silly) and economic platforms. Citing the current global economic crisis as "the biggest Depression since The Notebook," she gives a stiff, rehearsed stance on what should be done in Iraq and with the crumbling mortgage market - at least in that respect managing to hold her own with certain real candidates...
...attack by Iraq-based Kurdish rebels killed 17 Turkish soldiers and reignited the long-simmering feud between the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Turkish government. The nation retaliated with air strikes against PKK targets, and on Oct. 8 Turkey's parliament voted for a one-year extension of its mandate to launch cross-border military operations against Kurdish rebels in Iraq...
...warfare. With the assistance of arward-winning playwright Ellen McLaughlin, students at the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at the American Repertory Theatre have been tackling this question, drawing on extensive field research and the themes surrounding war since the ancient Greeks. “Ajax in Iraq,” McLaughlin’s new original play being performed at the Zero Arrow Theatre this weekend, is the culmination of their studies, exploring the post-traumatic stress associated with the hardships accounted in war. The group has been working on the production for over a year, conducting interviews with...
...sequence in “Bowling for Columbine” is one such example—yet these clips do nothing to advance the story. Despite its flaws, “Slacker Uprising” does include a handful of poignant moments. The personal testimonials from the families of Iraq War victims are particularly powerful, especially one in which a mother honors her fallen son. Scenes like these bring much-needed gravity and direction to the film when it veers too far off course. Yet these segments are nearly lost in the deluge of meaningless celebrity speeches which only reiterate...
...know how to place her because of that church connection." But Palin herself has at times consciously distanced herself from her Evangelical faith. When asked by ABC's Charlie Gibson about a comment for which she has been criticized - asking her former congregation to pray that U.S. soldiers in Iraq are "on a task that is from God" - Palin argued that she had been paraphrasing an Abraham Lincoln quote. In fact, she had used fairly standard Evangelical language in expressing a desire that human actions conform with God's will. In trying to separate herself from that tradition, Palin...