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...newcomers gain political power through their numbers, the question isn't whether an Irishman can be elected to city office but whether he can survive his victory. Ruthless toughs mingle with 1860s gentry in a colossal mix of Scorsese's Mean Streets and The Age of Innocence. Gangs is the director's proclamation that all his movies about belligerent young men are modern-dress versions of a crucial melodrama that shaped urban America. Gangs is the prototype for every one of Scorsese's films; it just happens to come after them...
...mix of motives, both imputed and explicit, illustrates the conflicting notions of what the inspections are all about. Iraq hopes that the process finally exonerates the regime from charges that it retains forbidden weapons of mass destruction, thus possibly paving the way for an end to economic sanctions. At the same time, Baghdad suspects the U.S. of exploiting the situation to spy. The U.S. expects the inspections to prove that Saddam is still hoarding illicit weapons and deserves to be forcibly disarmed. For many members of the U.N., a clean--or cleanish--accounting is the only possible hope for heading...
...collection of leather shoes. The bags upstairs are already selling well. A new bracelet bag that slides over the wrist is priced between around $550 and $1,000, but that didn't stop 28 of them being sold in the first two days. The new store - a mix of marble and plywood - is the first of a design concept that Toledano hopes to roll out in Monaco, Hong Kong and Milan over the next two years. And some minor celebs - Pete Tong, Bella Freud - were at last week's opening party...
...example, have 40 times more iron than a greenhouse-grown cabbage lettuce, 30 times more vitamin C and 20 times more pro-vitamin A. You may be wondering how anybody could eat nettles. Try this for a healthy salad: steep nettles in cold water for 15 minutes, dry, and mix with a simple dressing made of yogurt, mayonnaise, lemon juice, salt and pepper. It's tasty, crunchy - and doesn't sting...
...Those willing to spend the extra cash today will have to cope with a thorny question: Which type to buy, plasma or lcd? Plasma displays employ thousands of tiny glass chambers filled with a mix of gasses that light up when electrically charged. Plasma screens dominate the larger size ranges; they produce sharper colors than lcds and can be viewed more clearly from an angle. But they have a short life span?only about five years, says O'Donovan...