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...existence of al-Qaeda. The facts tell us that we’ve rebuilt Afghanistan and haven’t heard from Osama in a while. We’ve won. The War on Terror is over. There are no security threats to the United States but instead they loom for Iraq...
There's something touching about funny people when they drop the comedy and get serious. The deaths of Farley, Radner and John Belushi loom large over the book, and the sense of wartime camaraderie among the big stars of the early 1990s--Farley, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler and David Spade--is often heartwarming. But there's anger in these voices too. Relying on some Darwinian theory of comedy--survival of the funniest--Michaels pits the cast members against one another in a bitter competition for air time, which once drove a shaking Victoria Jackson to stand on a chair...
...denials, and the symbolic destruction of some weapons, the I.R.A. is hardly dormant. To revive Stormont, unionists now require the I.R.A. to disband, a demand that republicans say is too much. The impasse looks so great that opponents of the agreement have already pronounced it dead. Months of negotiations loom, but both sides say they'll be there in the interests of peace - just as long as it is peace on their terms...
Other matters loom larger. To an outsider who comes over to her place on a sunny day and watches her flip channels, Genelle seems listless, even depressed. She cancels plans often, saying she is tired or busy. Genelle explains that her new faith has freed her of earthly concerns that used to preoccupy her. "There's a million changes in me," she says. "I used to be this fun person, laughing, going out. Now I spend most of my time talking about the Bible, giving the glory to God. Before, I worried so much--about money, about looking good...
...YORK—Although scientific thinking and skepticism loom large in our society, it must have been difficult for the 165,000 people who filed through Yankee Stadium’s turnstiles last weekend to believe that only earthly forces governed the latest meeting between the Red Sox and Yankees...