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...Cartee doubts the Sunni families barricading themselves in his sector can hold out much longer. Shi'ite militants thought to be from the Mahdi Army have mounted an aggressive campaign since this summer to clear Sunnis from the northern end of Ghazaliya, a formerly posh neighborhood in western Baghdad. The cleansing push has moved steadily southward, gaining ground house by house, day by day. Cartee says Mahdi Army fighters typically give Sunni families they threaten in Ghazaliya just 24 hours to leave their homes, which are then handed to Shi'ite families. Anyone who defies the deadline risks death...
...life got flipped, turned upside down, and he’d like to take a minute just sit right there, to tell you how he became…a broke, single father living on the streets? As an actor, Will Smith has come a long way from the posh neighborhood of Bel-Air, starring as down and out single father Chris Gardner in Gabriel Muccino’s new film “The Pursuit of Happyness.” But Smith’s sincere performance can’t quite carry the predictable film, and it ultimately disappoints...
...Clearly rooting for the underdog, Seven Up! found its early breakout star (tough Tony) and two of its sentimental favorites (wistful Simon and little-lost-boy Paul) among its lowest-class subjects. The posh lads had their scholastic futures mapped out: their parents had prepped them for Marlborough and Cambridge. But Simon, when asked whether he hoped to go to university, said no: "I'll just walk around, and see what I can find." And poor, dear Paul looked stumped. "What does university mean...
...rheumatoid arthritis, was married and divorced is now raising a son. Sue, another single mother, is doing the same. Lynn worked as a children's librarian out of a mobile van; she now helps mentally challenged children and worries about the end of government funding. Suzy, the posh girl, has a successful marriage...
...Biennale. But last month it came out on dvd-rom, in a version designed to look good on the kind of giant flat-screen monitors that are fast becoming the centerpiece of the digital-age living room. "I would walk past places round here and there would be a posh dinner party going on and on the wall is this big black hole," says Eno. "They weren't going to be watching Eastenders over dinner, so what else do you put on a big screen like that?" Well, when it's released on dvd, you could also try The Boss...