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...flawed as the American policy that has accompanied it. The sanctions that are currently imposed on Iraq, while not eliminating Hussein's biological weapons program, can be credited for preventing him from rebuilding his army. However, recent U.N. reports have shown that these sanctions also have had lethal consequences: The collapse of the Iraqi economy, the death of at least 200,000 Iraqi children under five and the crushing of a people who were once, both culturally and intellectually, at the forefront of the Arab world...
...there really is life elsewhere in the universe, what are the odds of finding it in our lifetime--or even our children's? Hunting for extraterrestrials, smart or otherwise, requires a lot of faith. You have to believe that conditions for life (liquid water, mild temperatures, protection from lethal radiation) are not unique to Earth; that under the right circumstances, life can arise fairly easily; and that if it does reach a level advanced enough to broadcast its presence, it won't destroy itself in a nuclear war or an environmental meltdown before firing off Earth-bound communiques...
...during the colony's Golden Age of action cinema, is 36. And Hollywood is paying as much attention to him as the U.S. Secret Service did when he was a kid. "He's delightful and disciplined," says Richard Donner, who directed Li in his Hollywood film debut, the 1998 Lethal Weapon 4. "I knew I was getting a genius in martial arts, but I also got a really sensational young actor...
...criminals, but also out of the hands of dangerously ignorant citizens. In order to buy a hunting license in most states, hunters must go through extended hunter safety courses. For public safety, drivers are required to demonstrate a minimum degree of competence. However, to purchase a handgun, a lethal weapon, citizens need only have cash. It is well within the bounds of reason to require some kind of training on the part of soon-to-be handgun owners...
...black, alone but not lonely, pursuing a treacherous trade, doing business with lethal idiots who understand his methods but not his magic. He is Ghost Dog, a philosophical black gunman who runs afoul of the mobsters who employ him in Jim Jarmusch's niftily quirky Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai. And yes, he is Jarmusch as well--a filmmaker who, since his 1984 Stranger Than Paradise, has pretty much defined the spirit of the truly independent American film. Ghost Dog is talking about himself and his Mafia contact, but he might be speaking of Jarmusch when he says...