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...told him what the lettering really said, and he looked over at the crowd of now hostile Iraqis. He turned pale. "Oh s--t man, I didn't know" he said. "Can you explain that to them?" He thrust the flag into my hands and ran back indoors. So there I was, holding Saddam's flag and facing an angry Iraqi mob. I could sense that their resentment at the soldier was being transferred...
...Statue of Liberty (a nod to two postapocalyptic classics at once, Planet of the Apes and Escape from New York) and a giant monster (the number of horns wasn't available at press time) shouldering its way between skyscrapers. But the most indelible images are of clouds of pale dust billowing down city streets and shredded copy paper sifting down out of the sky in eerie silence, images that instantly evoke the 9/11 attacks. "With Cloverfield, we were trying to create a film that would be entertaining and, as a by-product of the subject matter, perhaps be a catharsis...
They've touted you as one of the nation's most influential men under 45. They say that you are the GOP's most effective calling card. Can you see yourself being the future face of the GOP? You are young, ambitious, conservative, and not as pale-skinned as the rest of the party is. Look, I think that my election was about Louisiana. Now it's true, my opponents certainly spent a lot of money making sure everyone knew what political party I was in and trying to tie me to the actions of other people, like the President...
...here to tell you, he is the one." That was probably too portentous for anything but daytime television. But the freshness of Obama's personality, the easy elegance of his mind--and the fact that his fabulously American racial provenance has become an afterthought for so many winter-pale Iowans--have been the most memorable aspect of this primary season...
...VOGUE Blush-colored shirts became a fashion craze in Thailand when King Bhumibol Adulyadej was spotted wearing a pale pink shirt and blazer last month. To meet the growing demand, the Commerce Ministry produced 30,000 more of the prized garments for those who wished to emulate their longest-serving monarch and honor his 80th birthday...