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...here on out, for the bulk of the episode, class is in session for Professor Sorkin, who doesn't need to bother even with the scanty dramatic figleaves he usually knits together in order to deliver himself of soliloquys through his characters. Here, the kids just serve up one setup question after another - "Why are they trying to kill us?" "What do we do now?" - that allows for a series of well-meaning, well-expressed, but by now well-worn disquisitions on how Islam does not teach terrorism, spy satellites can't replace human intelligence and killing innocent civilians...
...classroom setup the product of an understandable rush job? Maybe. Was it Sorkin subordinating the needs of drama to get out a message? Sure, but post-disaster charitable feelings aside, it's not as though he's never done that before. In the end, you have to wonder whether it ever occurred to Sorkin that it might be the slightest bit insulting to essentially represent the home audience, within the story, as schoolchildren, who need to be gratefully taught his lessons...
...battle you want to be engaged in," says Faull, who has two adult children living on their own and a teenage boy at home. When she goes into her son's room to remove hazardous waste, she looks beyond the chaos to marvel at his skillful setup of lighting and sound equipment...
...thought of this the other day after setting up Sony's new S500 DVD Dream System ($600)--a souped-up sound system that features a DVD player, five 40-watt speakers and an 80-watt subwoofer. I had avoided home-entertainment centers because I figured the setup would be horrible; this one took me five minutes without once peeking at the manual, thanks to Sony's user-friendly design and attention to detail (down to the color-coded wires...
...ExxonMobil's senior executives are not bad people. Bukit Indah's setup shows they care about their employees. If they have to be in a place with a war, employees have to be kept safe?and that means depending on the army. They are required by their contract with the government to fund the troops?they have even made sure there is a clause that prohibits the soldiers from conducting any offensive operations in the field. ExxonMobil no doubt thinks it has done all it can do in a difficult spot...