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...Iraqi Governing Council met with Saddam soon after he was nabbed. Rubaiye thinks the former Iraqi dictator would tell all about his missing unconventional weapons if he were accorded prisoner-of-war status, which would protect him from the death penalty. "He even learned words of English, like rubbish and surrender," says Rubaiye. "He was clearly preparing himself for surrender...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Saddam Crack? | 1/12/2004 | See Source »

Darling, I was making for the last 25 years rubbish movies. I couldn't stand myself anymore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with Omar Sharif | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...Anybody who writes fiction has ideas—most are rubbish, but every now and then you think of something that will allow you to do what you want to do,” Hornby said...

Author: By Ben A. Black, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hornby Offers Peek at Novel-in-Progress | 11/13/2003 | See Source »

...with any other medium, the vast majority of music videos produced is predictably derivative rubbish. A slew of directors have made a pretty penny from scanning Hype Williams blueprints, cutting and pasting the appropriate rapper, and reprinting the formula endlessly. Prime culprits are Little X and Chris Robinson, who crank out seemingly nonstop streams of product, developing greater intimacy with their fish-eye lenses than with the artists’ music. They have created a combined total of over 150 videos for the libidinous likes of Mystikal and R. Kelly, representing the industry’s rough equivalent of Danielle...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All Sussed Out | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

This is where Narcissus was valuable. He still sees Athens as influential with Rome—almost as its cultural and political mentor. Rubbish, of course, but an illusion which was seen as useful by Nuntius and his advisers. Dazzled by the power of Rome, Narcissus was persuaded to join in the attack on the Scythians on the pretext that Vanitas was a threat to Athens. Nuntius needed no such pretext—the needs of the Roman imperium were sufficient justification for the Emperor, the Senate and the people...

Author: By Peter Kilfoyle, | Title: Friends, Romans: Beware Imperatores Ineptos | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

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