Word: massing
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...halfway movie: too expensive (reportedly $61 million) to be relegated to art houses, too stiff and forbidding to appeal to any part of a mass audience. In its Cannes gestation it was presented in two parts (though neither part bore an official title here), each slightly more than two hrs.: The Argentine, which covers Guevara's role in Fidel Castro's 1958 campaign across the Cuban jungle, ending in the flight of President Batista and the ascendency of Castro (Demian Bichir); and Guerilla, detailing Che's failed, ultimately fatal attempt to bring revolution in Bolivia...
...county at the epicenter. That was when the entire country paused for three minutes to remember the dead. Traffic came to a halt, flags were lowered to half staff and Chinese everywhere stood in oft tearful silence. Drivers honked car horns and factories blared their sirens in mass keening. The ritual marked the start of three days of national mourning during which Internet activities such as online gaming were halted and all TV channels except those broadcasting news were blacked...
...ground force can succeed without air reconnaissance, weapons deployment or the rapid recovery of the injured. The U.S. would never send our troops on any mission without air support. But it seems the U.S. has no plans to allow the Iraqis a fully equipped air force. Paul Schrader, SANDWICH, MASS...
...This would force the Iraqi government and armed services to take that responsibility or die trying. I do not agree with John McCain that we should remain in Iraq for 100 years, if necessary. Do you want your grandchildren fighting and dying in Iraq? Bruce McPhee, WEST YARMOUTH, MASS...
...high-achieving public high school student, I would be delighted to be accepted to just one of the nine great colleges that offered Sarah Simon a place in their class of 2012. I really cannot sympathize with her "predicament." Caroline Gallagher, TOPSFIELD, MASS...