Word: prophet
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...truly knows if Saddam?s capture will lead to a reduction of hostilities? But on one thing, everyone seemed agreed. The images, the symbolism, the semiotics of Saddam?s capture were freighted with significance. The fetid hole in the ground, the mud hut, the litter and underwear, the prophet?s beard, the unfired pistol, the tongue depressor - all, somehow, were symbolic of ... well, of what...
...interesting one-two combination this side of Bush-Cheney. If Rumsfeld is the face, mouth and strong right arm of the war in Iraq, Wolfowitz--the intellectual godfather of the war--is its heart and soul. Whereas Rumsfeld talks about Iraq like a technician, Wolfowitz sounds more like a prophet. Says a close associate of the deputy's: "Paul asks himself every day how he can limit suffering by toppling another dictator or by helping people to govern themselves...
...closeted and stricken with AIDS; the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg (Meryl Streep), whom Cohn, by pulling strings, got executed for treason; and an angel (Emma Thompson)--the spiritual avatar of America. When she smashes through the ceiling of Prior's apartment to draft him as an unwilling prophet, all hell breaks loose--or, really, terrifyingly, all heaven does...
...shouldn't have worried. Kirk delivers a performance that manages to be witty and self-assured as well as physically wrecked by the disease and emotionally sucker-punched by the Angel who has selected him to be her prophet. While Prior's situation is pitiable, Kirk never plays for easy sentiment...
This week, I picked up a new album by Dave Matthews, prophet of the carefree joy of my high school years. But unlike the cheerful strains of late-nineties-Dave, the solo project Some Devil is a sober, even grim reflection of how much the world has changed in a few short years. The man who brought us the playful riffs of “Too Much” and “Everyday” is now promoting the album’s first single, “Gravedigger.” Matthews is not the only one undergoing...