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...only controversy of the film Thursday night was its sound problem. Early on, the theater's speaker system sputtered out a half-dozen times, leaving the soundtrack silent for some two minutes. Save for a few heavy sighs and shouts of "C'est pas normal!," the audience remained oddly quiet...
...challenge: for it to be most effective, it should include Israel. That would require an Israeli peace with the Palestinians, which would permit Israel to escape from having to occupy the West Bank indefinitely. The opportunity is that Israel could (as the Saudi plan of 2002 suggested) then establish normal relations with the moderate Arab states, and the new military alliance could provide the security guarantees that could make any Israeli-Palestinian settlement work...
Even the best-intentioned men, once they enter the jungle of power politics, have to confront the necessity of directing actions that they would, in normal circumstances, be in clined to call immoral. The high-minded Abraham Lincoln, for example, was provoked by antiwar agitation into suspending the right of habeas corpus and arresting a number of peaceable citizens who had generally committed no crime worse than being Democrats...
...watermark in the Great Lakes depends on the weather. A hot, dry spell means not only less rainfall but a higher rate of evaporation from the lakes' surfaces. But precipitation has been above normal for 15 of the past 18 years, and temperatures have grown cooler. September, for example, is usually a dry month, but it brought drenching rains to the Great Lakes basin. In October Lake Michigan crept to an average of 581.6 ft. above sea level, more than a foot higher than a year earlier and topping its 20th century record of 581 ft., set in 1974. Lakes...
...issue of the moment. It's said that Rudd also took a short break. Even workaholics need a few days to shoot TV ads, strategize and catch up on recreational reading about monetary policy and political philosophy. With the country's workplaces and schools returning to normal patterns this week, the election campaign has begun?though the poll isn't due until late 2007. Howard is seeking a fifth term and remains the punters' favorite: employment and consumer spending are strong, the Prime Minister is a wily operator, his opponent an inexperienced leader. According to Centrebet, based...