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...Railbirds in Retreat Why the hit film Seabiscuit won't be enough to save the sport of kings...
...otherwise known as marketing V.P.s), "but you could say we're laying the foundation for trench warfare." Consumers are going to be the winners. Although Dell hasn't revealed pricing on all the products, its entry into home electronics could send price tags of flat-screen TVs into full retreat...
...that ensued convinced Bill Clinton that public opinion would inevitably revolt against any nation-building effort—or any war at all—at the first sign of casualties. This concern echoed throughout his presidency. It led to his ordering the USS Harlan County’s retreat from a thuggish mob in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; it paralyzed him into inaction on the Rwandan genocide; it muddled his response to ethnic cleansing in Bosnia; it influenced his appeasement of the murderous Foday Sankoh in Sierra Leone; and it dissuaded him from pursuing a “boots...
...that he withdrew to an isolated hilltop house near Prague and in 1973 declared it his own state - complete with its own anthem. "State Gebauer" became an "island of free expression" populated with whimsical figures of swimmers, gnomes and cows. And being a largely abstract concept, the sculptor's retreat escaped the attention of the authorities. Many unofficial artists working behind the Iron Curtain created private cocoons where they could work unhindered, though this meant their work was rarely seen. Now a new museum in Prague seeks to rescue them from obscurity. "This generation has been skipped over and forgotten...
...expressed interest in Bezreh’s screenplay and invited her to an interview which ultimately landed her a spot in the festival. She attributes her success to two key factors. “I had just gone on this meditation retreat and I was just so relaxed,” she says. “And they liked the Harvard girl gone bad storyline...