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...trying. More fun than the viewer, sometimes. While embedded with U.S. troops in Afghanistan, he gets to fire a rocket launcher. His reaction, and you could have guessed this: "That was awesome!" He also has advice for the locals. To attract tourists, Spurlock suggests, they should build a theme park. "You could say, 'Come to Tora Bora. It's da bomb!'" Sometimes he's most engaging when he's most jackassian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dude, Where... Is Osama bin Laden? | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...connecting to his dead wife, a classical pianist.The scenes of Vale playing the drums are the strongest in the movie. Tarek introduces him to the music of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, invites him to jazz clubs, and brings him to play with a group of drummers in Central Park. In these scenes, Vale’s reserved, curmudgeonly self gives way, slowly, to a more expressive man.Soon, however, Tarek is arrested in the subway and taken to a detention facility. The movie from then on is concerned with the question of whether or not he’ll be deported...

Author: By Jessica R. Henderson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Visitor | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...Crimson would have liked to come away with the victory, but the time spent at the park was in no way blemished by the loss...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Fenway Fun Not Ruined By Loss | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...PART OF THE PARK...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Fenway Fun Not Ruined By Loss | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...reported to have had a flawless safety record since its inception in 1973. Experienced staff were supervising the Elim College children, who were decked out in wetsuits, helmets, flotation vests and harnesses. Conditions were fine when their outing on Mangatepopo River, part of the rugged, remote Tongariro National Park, began in the early afternoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canyoning Tragedy in New Zealand | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

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