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...noted that she gets to wear great costumes, like the form-fitting, black leather outfit she sports in the photo accompanying your piece--which her ninja character wears to "go out killing" [PEOPLE, June 10]. How sickening! Is Hollywood intent on continually glorifying violence with movies that feature ridiculous plot lines and scantily clad women? Thanks for saving me 10 bucks. Daredevil is one movie I will not be seeing! ALISHA DHILLON SINGH Bellevue, Wash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 1, 2002 | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

Robert Todd, 15, missed huge pieces of the plot when he saw the latest Star Wars movie. "Who's supposed to be the young Darth Vader?" he asked his dad. Robert has severe to profound hearing loss, and like most of the 28 million other deaf or severely hearing-impaired Americans, he can't follow a movie without some help--from captioning or a companion. Last month his father Rob Todd filed a class action in federal court in Texas against 12 film-production companies and theater chains. The suit, the first legal slap at movie studios in an emotional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dialogue for the Deaf | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

...June 10 Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the arrest of suspected al-Qaeda associate Jose Padilla in an alleged plot to explode a radioactive "dirty bomb" in a U.S. city. It was only the first big development in a busy week in the war against terrorism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Wins Than Losses | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

GERMANY German intelligence agents say Mohamed Heidar Zammar is an important player in the Sept. 11 plot. But on June 12 the Germans said they had lost track of Zammar, a German citizen of Syrian origin, after letting him travel to Morocco last October. They claim he is in U.S. custody and have asked the U.S. for his whereabouts. The State Department has not replied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Wins Than Losses | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

...Monday morning Ashcroft held his hastily arranged press conference in Moscow. He alarmed Americans and roiled the markets by describing Padilla as a "known terrorist" pursuing an "unfolding terrorist plot"--leaving the impression that other bombers were still at large. He said, wrongly, that a dirty bomb "can cause mass death and injury." White House officials fumed at what one called Ashcroft's "grandstanding." The officials concede they approved Ashcroft's statement but complain they were given it only at the last minute--and didn't anticipate his overly dire tone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case Of The Dirty Bomber | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

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