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...point, which is, finally, a very simple one: that under the impress of unimaginable chaos, human beings are capable of simple yet astonishing courage and altruism. Even in the place where a movie like this could go soft--in showing the lives of the trapped men's families--it maintains its unadorned simplicity. The waiting of the wives (Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhaal) mirrors that of their imperiled men, and it is full of impotent anger, of very touching attempts to maintain normality--clothes still need to be washed, meals prepared, a trip to the drugstore attempted...
...President recognizes that this provision is unconstitutional,” Whelan wrote. “Can anyone seriously maintain that the president’s only constitutional option...is to implement that provision until such time as some court rules it unconstitutional...
...press conference today in Madrid, Landis continued to maintain he did nothing wrong, declaring "conclusively and categorically" that his Tour de France victory was the result of long years of training and "his devotion to cycling," not doping. Yet the damage to his reputation, and that of the sport, may already have been done. "When you work so hard in the race and you manage to bring back the excitement of the sport to the people, it's sad [for this to happen]",says Jos? Miguel Ech?varri, director of Pereiro's Caisse D'Epargne team. "If the victory comes...
...vowed to reject any return to the pre-July 12 status quo on the Lebanese border. Instead, the Administration's proposal establishes a credible security plan for Israel's northern border, which Arab sources say would take the form of a robust NATO force mandated to act firmly to maintain stability in southern Lebanon and would pave the way for the Lebanese army to take control of the border. That option also had the advantage, for Israel, of avoiding another long-term deployment of Israeli troops in Lebanon, an option of which the Israeli public remains wary given its traumatic...
...active-duty Hizballah members joined by many more of the several thousand reserves from around the country ready to fight. A military source in Lebanon told TIME that the fighters are apparently communicating via encrypted short-burst-transmission sets to overcome Israeli jamming and eavesdropping capabilities, enabling Hizballah to maintain an effective chain of command. In the Dahiya, the Shi'ite suburbs of Beirut, Hizballah gunmen wearing vests jammed with ammunition patrol the streets. When not engaged in conflict, they assist some of the 500,000 refugees in Lebanon displaced by the fighting and Israel's bombs...