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...Diana [Lawrence's wife and child] will die, and I will leave you in this room to rot. Let the game begin." It's Jigsaw's favorite, and only, game: confining his victim in some medieval-looking device made of old found objects (the movie takes its anachronistic notion of production design from Terry Gilliam's Brazil), then telling the prisoner that in a few minutes the device will be activated, resulting in death or its jaw-breaking equivalent, unless the victim can find a key hidden in, say, the stomach of a wounded man in the same room...
...minuteman’ image is…key to understanding a strain of extreme right and extreme white thought in the United States….a notion of insurgent, state- or locally based militias as legitimate political actors,” Johnson wrote in an e-mail. “This is the political vision that brought you Timothy McVeigh...
...significant artistic presence within their immediate communities. Some Harvard students can see a little of that mission in themselves, and a non-profit consulting job can combine an outlet for creative aspirations with financial security. For Phillips, the money is worth the sacrifice, and for others like Haddad, the notion of “selling out” may be beside the point. “My interest in the arts has not been compromised at all,” Haddad writes in an e-mail. “I think there is a lot to be said about spreading...
...done makes up for that," 45% of respondents said yes, while 42% said no. Although 75% praised the virtues of a "diverse student body," 53% said "affirmative action wrongly sends a message to minorities and women that they are not capable enough" and 60% disagreed with the notion that "affirmative action is needed to compensate minorities and women for centuries of oppression...
...Backlash Against Iran's Role in Lebanon The notion that Iranian dollars are going to Lebanese Shi`ites is fueling animosity between the Persian community and the Arab world