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...marked by their devotion or lack of it, not their horniness. (The writers and directors seem to be saying: No sex, please, we're skittish.) But both kinds of films are puritanical in their take on sex. They're either reluctant to show it, or bound to exact mortal payment...
...Remarkably, the new simulation is gaining quickly on Google Zeitgeist, which charts growing search query trends. Last week, Line Rider rose from No. 10 to No. 7 - ahead of both North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and the popular fighting console game Mortal Kombat: Armageddon. According to deviantART figures, more than four million people have viewed the game so far and over 325,000 have downloaded it. Another sign of its popularity: copycat programs have emerged, including the motorcycle-riding LineFlyer and associated knockoffs Line Border (a snowboarder), Jeep Flyer, and Chair Flyer...
...That's life in today's Iraq, where even decisions you make to safeguard your family can put their lives in mortal danger...
...China and South Korea - nations that North Korea depends on for vital food and energy supplies - have traditionally opposed sanctions that would put the squeeze on the regime, for fear that its collapse would send millions of refugees across their borders, and that a sense of mortal danger would likely provoke the heavily armed North Korean regime to lash out militarily. There is also a fear that proposed measures such as the interdiction of all shipping in and out of North Korean ports might actually escalate the confrontation. Its track record suggests that North Korea tends to respond to pressure...
...grounds that the U.S. alone lacks leverage with North Korea is unlikely to impress those who see offering Pyongyang security guarantees as the key to achieving its disarmament. The U.S., after all, and not China or South Korea, is the country that North Korea most views as a mortal threat...