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...glow of a cigarette “slowly sketching out the shapes of his insomnia,” a passing moment as “putting down an empty glass on the table,” light as a “dove in the hands of a madman.” (For the sleek rendering of Cortázar’s surrealistic, reference-laden brand of introspection, the English reader is indebted to translator Gregory Rabassa...
...viewers with takeaways they already agree with, “Hurt Locker” disguises its message with subtlety, focusing on the difficult lives of soldiers and culture clash rather than anything as distant as politics or presidents. Renner’s portrayal of a bomb-diffusing, cigarette-smoking madman is perhaps the best male performance of 2009. The rest of his team includes characters played by Anthonie Mackie and Brian Geraghty, the latter essentially reprising his deer-in-the-headlights role in “Jarhead.” Ralph Fiennes and David Morse also turn in amusing cameo...
...think of Mugabe as a madman and Zimbabwe as a country in flames, says Tsvangirai. (And he is right that Mugabe has always displayed a consistent, if despotic, logic and that the toll from last year's violence would amount to little more than a bad afternoon in Somalia or the Democratic Republic of Congo.) And don't seek rebellion or assassination - that's precisely what has hobbled Africa for 50 years. Instead, try showing your enemies respect and turning them into colleagues. Leave the old arguments and conflicts where they belong: in the past. Try peace. Try the future...
...chance we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States," to which host Glenn Beck responds with "Michael Scheuer, as always, sir, thank you very much" rather than the more appropriate "You, sir, are a madman who looks like a werewolf...
...created a furor in Washington and led to pressure to round up top traffickers. "I was taken to the DEA," recalled the capo. "I greeted them and they wanted to talk. I only answered that I had no involvement in the Camarena case and I said, 'You said a madman would do it and I am not mad. I am deeply sorry for the loss of your agent...