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...downside, of course, is finding the balance between that time-tested inverse relationship between mainstream acceptance and creative free reign. Held as he is to a standard of consistent pleasantness, Cusack’s character range has become more and more limited, and his idiosyncracies as an actor now have a distinctive familiarity...
Many Muslim scholars say the Taliban brand of Islam falls far outside most interpretations of Koranic writ. And the Taliban's civic reign of repression has made it a pariah even in the Muslim world. Only three nations--Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates--accorded the Taliban diplomatic recognition, and the U.A.E. rescinded it last week...
...this great nation. Your hope was to cripple us, but we have become more united. We hold our heads high, and we are proud. The world has rallied around the U.S. to destroy terrorism and all it represents because, ultimately, Americans are peacemakers. It is time we ended your reign of terror. BRENDA SEGNA Billings, Mont...
...their Taliban overlords will also have underscored the fact that Washington shares the concern of most allies to avoid inflicting casualties on an already traumatized civilian population that has little control over the gunmen in its midst. Indeed, the President's eloquent denunciation of the Taliban's domestic reign of terror is a strong hint of the desirability for Washington of destroying the regime that has hosted Osama Bin Laden. Britain's Guardian newspaper on Friday reported that the U.S. is canvassing European NATO allies on ways in which the international community could contribute to the administration of an Afghanistan...
...critic whose conversational commentaries were feared by directors, revered by readers and changed the landscape of movie criticism; in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Kael didn't begin writing reviews until aged 35, but quickly gained a following and was hired by The New Yorker magazine in 1968 where she would reign for more than 20 years. DIED. JIM ROHWER, 52, respected commentator on the Asian economy; in a boating accident, in France. A Hong Kong-based senior writer for Fortune, Rohwer authored the 1995 book Asia Rising, which became the definitive take on the region's economic ascendancy. DIED. CHRISTIAAN BARNARD...