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...what, if any, role the U.S. military should have in Iraq-is where the congressional questioning should focus. Will Petraeus propose moving U.S. troops into the restive Shi'ite south? What will he do about Basra, the crucial southern oil port where the British retreat has left slow-motion anarchy, a Shi'ite gang war? What will he do about Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army, the most powerful and popular force in Shi'ite Iraq? The general's own staff is divided on many of these questions. But David Kilcullen, Petraeus' leading counterinsurgency specialist, recently wrote a piece...
...government planning to sweep Manuel Noriega out of the country in the dead of night? The ex-dictator of Panama's defense attorneys on Wednesday morning filed an emergency motion to stay his extradition to France, citing plans to move the prisoner three days ahead of his scheduled release date. The general, who has Prisoner of War Status since the U.S. invasion of his country in late 1989, has been fighting the move, fearful that he will be tried as a common criminal by the French government...
UNTIL PIONEERING MAKEUP artist Bill Tuttle stunned audiences with his work in 1964's 7 Faces of Dr. Lao--which featured Tony Randall as everyone from Merlin to Medusa--cosmetic artistry was hardly recognized. In 1965 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Tuttle an honorary Academy Award, paving the way for the official Oscar category, established...
Your story of American University law professor Angela Davis and the conduct of prosecutors was welcome [Aug. 6]. The problem also needs to be examined beyond the legal community. "Perp walks" of those charged are staged like motion-picture galas. State and local press, weaned on the daily flow of announcements and tips, are none too anxious to bite--by critical analysis of conduct or budget--the law-enforcement hands that feed them. Staged press conferences, featuring a speaking prosecutor and a background of stern-looking, silent officials and assistant prosecutors, have become ubiquitous. In terms...
...These are the existential blahs that critic Andrew Sarris called "Antoniennui." For audiences unable to get on the director's wavelength or into his measured rhythm, seeing his characters suffer in slow motion was like watching paint dry. Movies were supposed to move, not slouch against a wall, and the pace of Antonioni's movies was a special test for the antsy...