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...gone on at a snail's pace. The Russians presented the Germans with a catalog of about 40,000 missing objects. The Germans came up with their own list, involving some 200,000 museum objects, 2 million books and three kilometers of archival material. The actual volume of German loot hidden in Russian storerooms is an enduring mystery, but from time to time a tantalizing glimpse is seen -- a small corner of the canvas, no more...
...against it. Culkin plays Timmy, the son whom widowed Ray hasn't seen for three years, and he arrives just as his dad and two confederates are about to rob a coin collection. This they manage with a cleverness that belies their alleged incompetence. But the boy steals the loot, and will give it back only if Ray will act the good father for a week -- you know, ball games, amusement parks, miniature golf. Father and son bond, of course, and along the way Timmy does a little matchmaking, helping Pop and the cop who's trailing him (Glenne Headly...
...concluded that the jet was shot down with rockets belonging to the Rwandan army -- most likely by the presidential guard angered at plans to include Tutsis in the government. The 600-strong guard began murdering all the Tutsis they could find. The army soon joined in, as much to loot as to kill...
...sides of any vehicle that would attempt the twisting, mountainous roads. The wealthy raced away in luxury cars with private bodyguards, the barrels of automatic weapons jutting from every window. Danger still waited at checkpoints every mile or so, manned by demoralized and frightened Rwandan soldiers looking for loot...
...that elected all those fellows, on both sides of the aisle, who so loyally serve the rich. Maybe now we'll smarten up and learn how to hold on to our wallets. Or maybe the dread class war is already over, and the suits have run away with the loot...