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...operative word there is "imagine." The movie can't really prove anything against him beyond bad temper and a foul mouth. Which leaves us reaching for Occam's razor, that most useful of philosophical concepts, which holds that the simplest explanation for complicated events is generally the best one. In that sense, the occurrences recorded in Hollywoodland are like the theories surrounding Monroe's death (or, for that matter, JFK's assassination); they require a lot of coincidences to fall into place, as well as the complicity of too many unreliable individuals, for them to be truly plausible. The film...
...feats of magic: causing stones dipped in oil to explode when he throws them or daubing a special oil on the feet of young soldiers to help them march dozens of miles on empty stomachs. And now that peace is slowly returning to the region, traditional Acholi beliefs may prove the best method to mop up after the brutal conflict. The struggle in northern Uganda has hopelessly blurred lines between victims and perpetrators; many of the atrocities were performed by abducted children forced to become soldiers. Partly for that reason, the communities value reconciliation over punishment, say local leaders...
...SECOND OPINION Despite some setbacks, the Bush Administration's response to 9/11 will prove to be the right one, argues Max Boot (see page...
...strikes, would provoke a legitimacy crisis for the regime. All of which suggests that Iran may defy the West over its nuclear program for as long as it can manage, and adapt at the last minute to avoid a military clash. Until then, even the threat of sanctions could prove useful by offering Iran's President an external source of blame for the nation's economic problems...
...that he had a strange fascination with Jack the Ripper. At one point, he created a painting in which the murderer appeared in front of a backdrop of Sickert’s own bedroom.Cornwell said that such “circumstantial” evidence, while not substantial enough to prove that Jack the Ripper and the artist are one and the same, is important when added to scientific evidence. “It is a theory based on scientific, historical and biographical investigation,” she said.But not everyone is convinced. Sickert’s biographer, Matthew Sturgis...