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...fires, and hundreds of thousands of Californians returning to their homes, Schwarzenegger's crisis appears to be ending the way many of his movies wrapped up: with a lot of smoke and wreckage, but with the hero stronger than ever. This is one time, however, that Arnold would prefer not to star in a sequel...
...With critics who raise pointed concerns that the Academy would rather ignore, free speech becomes not as honorable and courageous a principle as it had previously appeared. The progressives prefer their opponents be straw men—bearded, tie-less clowns from Iran...
...don’t bother to look on that proverbial bottom shelf and by writers who keep the genre “alive” but hardly “well.” Shepard joked that all humans are “essentially lazy” and would prefer not to work at reading. Russo echoed his sentiments and attributed the lack of interest for short fiction to the “perceived difficulty of the form.” According to King, the breadth of available mediums contributes to the disappearance of the original manner of storytelling. Rather...
...Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her daunting to-do list includes: Secure the support and participation of Israelis, Palestinians and other Arabs skeptical of the purpose of the talks; Fashion an agenda that includes substantial discussion on topics that have flummoxed legions of diplomats, and which some of the participants would prefer to gloss over; and Secure sufficient Israeli and Palestinian agreement on a draft statement from the conference to ensure that the whole enterprise isn't sunk before it begins...
...sparring over the need for and nature of a document addressing the contours of a possible solution, including "final statutes issues" such as Jerusalem, the fate of Palestinian refugees, security provisions, and the borders between Israel and a Palestinian state. Abbas wants a specific, binding document, while Olmert would prefer something less precise...