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There's oodles of action in Nick Park and Steve Box's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, about the attempts of a daffy English inventor and his stoic, smarter dog to rid their home village of a vegetable-ravaging monster. Wallace, the man, scoops up rabbits by the hundreds in his mighty Bun-Vac 6000 ("It blows and sucks"). Gromit, the pooch, gets involved in some World War I--style aerial combat with another canine--a real dogfight. At film's end, the heroine, Lady Tottington, and the dread Were-Rabbit have a housetop confrontation worthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dog And His Man | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

Therefore, what is required to be rid of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” is to repeal this law, and to replace it with a law which allows gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. Such a law, “The Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2005,” has been proposed by Rep. Martin Meehan (D-Mass.) and is supported by 94 co-sponsors in Congress...

Author: By Nat Butler, | Title: ‘Don’t Ask’ Must Be Repealed Through Congressional Action | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

Their reaction was, "I have a terrific retirement plan that I hadn't anticipated. They must have really wanted to get rid of me if they were willing to give me that much not to come back." So it's a mixed thing. Being bought out is not exactly leaving with everybody regretting that you're going and recognizing that you have made your choice. It's being pushed out in a nice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living It | 10/2/2005 | See Source »

...really annoyed at the overcrowding,” Priya A. Rajdev ’07 said in the dining hall. “But if they extended dining hall hours, they could get rid of restrictions.” Many at her table nodded in agreement...

Author: By Sam Teller and Nina L. Vizcarrondo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Eliot Will Restrict Inter-House Dining | 9/30/2005 | See Source »

...Unionist Party, long dominant in Protestant politics, was pushed into a humiliating second place in elections last year by Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionists, who have focused on the IRA's weapons for years. Now Paisley's party is arguing that they can't be sure the IRA got rid of all its guns and that they?re being asked to take De Chastelain?s assurances on trust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRA Satisfies Disarmament Panel | 9/27/2005 | See Source »

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