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...Monetary Fund buildings in downtown Washington would teem with anti-globalism activists protesting the organizations' spring meetings. What if a few Al Qaeda operatives managed to infiltrate the crowds and set off explosions near the international lending agencies or other financial institutions? There was no intelligence that such a plot was in the offing, but it was plausible enough that no one could guarantee that it wasn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the U.S. Sounded the Bank Alarm | 4/20/2002 | See Source »

...ambassador to Venezuela Otto Reich told Time that he had, before the coup, met with several Venezuelan delegations in Washington, many of whom wanted help in ousting Ch?vez. While Reich concedes that the U.S. encouraged the demonstrations that led to the coup, "the U.S. had no association with this plot," he insists. "We told them, 'Sorry, we?re not in that business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Embarrassing Return of Hugo Chavez | 4/20/2002 | See Source »

...these stereotypical rendering s of the glass ceiling, the film provides an unneeded and often distracting portrayal of Mayweather’s past—replete with an abusive husband that made her a cop hungry for revenge. These stories, however, do not seem especially relevant to the plot insofar as they detract from an interesting murder investigation...

Author: By Ian P. Campbell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bullock Dials ‘M’ For Mediocre | 4/19/2002 | See Source »

...women. His partner in crime is his physics tutor Justin Pendleton (Michael Pitt II). Justin is a classic quiet kid, skilled on a computer but is not especially outgoing or friendly. It is his deranged philosophy that embraces crime and suicide that ultimately drives the film’s plot...

Author: By Ian P. Campbell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bullock Dials ‘M’ For Mediocre | 4/19/2002 | See Source »

This is not to say that The Scorpion King is without its slow moments or boring action scene after action scene. However, an attempt at a beauty and the beast style romance is included between Mathayus and the sorceress to develop variety in the plot...

Author: By Ian P. Campbell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Curse of the 'Scorpion King' | 4/19/2002 | See Source »

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