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...Republican failures on national security have opened up a political vacuum, the Democrats don't appear to be filling it. Ask a House or Senate Democratic campaign committee staffer who is the party's national face on security issues and you'll get this: Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island or Congresswoman Jane Harman of California. Reed is a serious, intellectually honest veteran and an expert on defense issues in the Senate, while Harman is an ambitious Harvard Law School graduate who is the ranking minority member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Both are credible and respected...
...First, there's growing resentment among Shi'ite leaders at the perceived Western "meddling" in Iraq's politics, which may make the recent feting of Abdul Mahdi by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw during their Baghdad visit something of a kiss of death. More importantly, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, to whom the Shi'ite bloc turned for guidance on resolving the standoff, has insisted that it resolve the issue both speedily and unanimously. That demand will likely translate into a compromise candidate, and Abdul-Mahdi doesn't necessarily fit that bill: not only...
...crosstown in L.A. traffic in five minutes). Season 4 was even more of an implausible thrill ride than usual. But it was the series' best season for raw acting performances, especially Shohreh Aghdashloo's as the hard-bitten-but-sympathetic matriarch of a sleeper-cell family. As agent Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland is a grimly expressive study as he realizes that doing his ugly duty may cost him his public face and the woman he loves--and yet does it anyway...
...Jack E. Fishburn ’08 also delivers a reliably good performance as the original doctor in town, Dr. Parpalaid, who sells his practice to Dr. Knock. In his rumpled state, Parpalaid seems at first a conventional bumbling, foppish Old Boy, but comes to take on dramatic importance as a symbol of the traditional, pre-Knock way of life. Fishburn’s ability to command a scene works well for him here: his authoritative joviality makes him a convincingly comic, seemingly harmless persona at first, but allows him to also assume the role of a compelling dramatic character...
...show doesn’t quite pick up steam until the entrance of Merryman Jack Point (Samuel Gale Rosen ’06) and his Merrymaid Elsie Maynard (Celia R. Maccoby ‘06) about halfway through the first act. Rosen, in particular, brings a real sense of physical comedy to the stage. As a result, every performer in a scene with him ends up inevitably playing straight man (or woman...