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...explanation for Borat's smooth ride in Lebanon may be that the country's intelligence services aren't what they used to be. The former head of General Security, Jamil Sayed (who was also the former head of the film board) is currently in prison under suspicion for involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. And since the Syrian withdrawal, local audiences have seen such racy fare as Brokeback Mountain and Munich, Stephen Spielberg's drama about Israel's campaign to avenge athletes slain by Palestinian terrorists at the 1976 Olympics. Lebanese cinema-goers are also...
...points and started only 14 of the team’s games, and being shelved to start this year with the ankle ailment.Now, however, Pattman looks to be finally realizing the tremendous potential he flashed three years ago, and he is threatening to take Dartmouth along for an unexpected ride in his final collegiate season.—Staff writer Caleb W. Peiffer can be reached at cpeiffer@fas.harvard.edu...
...options for Iraq you cited assume the U.S. should continue supporting the current Iraqi government. That government cannot offer its citizens security and would fall quickly in the absence of U.S. guns and funds. How can you ride a dead horse? Benjamin Doors Lombard, Illinois...
...Potter series was launched with high hopes. But some films are out-of-nowhere hits. Says Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer: "You take a movie based on a theme-park ride about pirates, and you had not very high expectations. After we had such an unexpected hit with the first Pirates movie, there was pressure to do something bigger and better, which we somehow did." Prudently, Bruckheimer shot the second and third Pirates films simultaneously, reducing the overall budget. Yet each sequel cost in the $200 million neighborhood, 50% more than the price of the original...
...Times Square visitors, the "ride" on New Year's Eve is about the same length - the shouting, singing and hugging at midnight - but it's preceded by eight or more hours of standing in the cold in one of those pens. So the pre-show comprises live and taped music acts and, at the top of each hour from 7 p.m. on, a countdown to zero second and a feed from whatever region (London, England; Ponta Verde, Brazil) is celebrating its midnight moment. That's when Treb's troops would fling into action, unfurling, say, the Mylar strips that blanketed...