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...around, there's a sense of pop culture trying to feel its way toward the next thing, the new tone, whatever it might be. On 24, Jack Bauer is getting philosophical about torture. American Idol is trying to be nicer to its bad singers. Even Clint Eastwood's hit Gran Torino--in which a racist retiree snarls at Asian gang bangers to "get off my lawn" as he protects a young Hmong neighbor--is ultimately not the reactionary return of Dirty Harry but the 20th century grouchily giving way to the 21st...
...cold out here. It's freezing. I can't feel my toes. But it's temporary. Winning is forever.' That's a good one." I couldn't believe man vs. nature could trump man vs. stale celebrity-interview tropes. Then I remembered that these guys have probably never read Jack London...
Imagine if this had been a scene from 24, if terrorists--not geese--had taken out the engines. The heroes would have been the rescuers--Special Forces soldiers dangling from helicopters, Jack Bauer speedboating down the Hudson--and the passengers would have been shrieking, panicking, useless...
...Tourism operators report that they have yet to see any cancellations as a result of the outbreak but admit that the problem needs to be dealt with quickly if they are to avoid losses. "It's another problem we didn't need," says Jack Daniels of Bali Discovery Tours. "But the government has been very aggressive in tackling it." In the meantime, visitors have been warned not to touch any animals that look as though they may be sick, including monkeys, which also carry the disease. "There is no need to be scared, but we are asking people to keep...
...sunny afternoon of Jan. 8, the society accepted a $4,000 check from Jack O'Neill, the eye-patch-wearing inventor of the modern wet suit. It has since raised nearly all of the $10,000 and has a series of concerts and film screenings lined up to keep the money flowing and assure a future past June 30. "If a surfer gets an idea, you've got to step aside," explained Young. "We don't take no for an answer. We'll go right through...