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...that calculated inoffensiveness has finally paid off. A poll taken by London's Daily Telegraph showed about two-thirds of Brits accepting the impending nuptials, which are scheduled for April 8. If the couple can survive scandal, scorn and Lord knows how many unflattering photographs, perhaps their love is true. If not, they can always get divorced...
...highlight of the evening was a play on the “Lord of the Rings” film series. As scenes from the film play, subtitles interpret their deeper meaning. Both takeoffs were created by the Stolen Collective and one, entitled “The Fellowship of the Ring of Free Trade,” pitted Noam Chomsky (Gandolf) against NAFTA and the WTO (the Dark Lord and the Ring, respectively). The second, “The Twin Towers,” featured the heroic Anarchist (Aragon) and fearless activists (the hobbits...
...House of Lords’ ruling, made in an 8-1 decision by nine sitting Law Lords instead of the usual five (only the second time a bench of such a size has sat since the World War II), identified an especially salient moral wrong inherent in the unlawful detentions. Lord Nicholls, one of the judges, said, “Indefinite imprisonment without charge or trial is anathema in any country which observes the rule of law. It deprives the detained person of the protection a criminal trial is intended to afford.” Certainly this applies...
...Science fiction] might have become so big lately just because of a few movies that were done really well—X-men, Spiderman, and then you have Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings,” von Korff, the guest coordinator for Vericon said. “They got the public imagination going...
...museum recently hosted hit exhibitions like “Einstein” and “The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy—the Exhibition...