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...under-felt. Like “Amores Perros,” it followed several fractured lives thrown together following a deadly hit-and-run auto accident. Now there’s “Babel,” which strays—slightly—from the car mishap scenario. It examines the struggles of those affected by a bullet that hits an American tourist on a Moroccan tour bus.This thematic repetition is a bit distressing, not necessarily because the random-people-thrown-together scenario is so well-worn, but rather because Iñárritu is running...
...supposed to have been a three-week gig. Together, Bryant and Bennett run the Bridge, a consultancy that helps African Americans who would like to invest in Africa navigate the continent's folkways, and they were trying hard to shepherd a delegation filled with prominent clients through Ghana without mishap. The delegation was celebrating the signing of a sister-city agreement between Washington and Accra. And while most of the entourage was excited about visiting the capital, no one would have mistaken them for ambassadors of Ghanaian culture...
Sooner or later, when you're dropping tons of bombs every day, you end up hitting something you didn't mean to. In 1996, during its "Grapes of Wrath" campaign against Hizballah in southern Lebanon, Israel inadvertently shelled a U.N. refugee camp at Qana, killing 106 people, a tragic mishap that brought overwhelming pressure to end the campaign. Israel's strike on a U.N. position in southern Lebanon Tuesday that killed four peacekeepers may not bring a swift end to its offensive against Hizballah, but it highlights the deteriorating prospects for Israel and the U.S. to achieve their optimal outcome...
...than essentially hug the rockets as does the shuttle. If foam insulation is used, any debris will fall down and away from the capsule. The capsule also will come capped with an escape rocket that can blast the crew compartment away to safety in the event of a launch mishap...
...signals intelligence - picked up in this period. Bin Laden's initial calculation was that either America wouldn't respond to the attacks or that its response would mean the U.S. Army would soon be sinking in an Afghan quagmire. That, of course, did not occur. U.S. forces - despite the mishap of letting bin Laden, al-Zawahiri and most of the organization's management escape - had managed to overthrow the Taliban and flush al-Qaeda from its refuge. The group was now dispersed. A few of its leaders and many foot soldiers were captured or dead. As with any organization, time...