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...breathlessly reported discovering documents about making nuclear weapons at an abandoned "al-Qaeda safe house" in Kabul. But it's likely that the journalists--as well as the al-Qaeda members--were fooled by a satirical 1979 article that the would-be terrorists found on the Web. A sharp-eyed editor at a site called the Daily Rotten noticed similarities between a facetious article titled "Let's Make a Thermonuclear Device!" which appeared in a now defunct humor publication called Journal of Irreproducible Results, and the language in the Times story, as well as the images...
...suffered for the nose, but not because of it. Five years ago, Wilson, 33, became known as one of the most original young writers in movies. The film was Bottle Rocket, a sharp-as-a-tack crime comedy he co-wrote with director Wes Anderson. Their low-budget breakthrough, starring Wilson and his two brothers, Luke, 30, and Andrew, 37, earned some devoted fans and critics, but it didn't set any fires at the box office. Since then, however, Owen has established his unique profile with supporting roles in big popcorn hits like 1998's Armageddon and last year...
Another contrast is provided by a 1928 black-and-white film of various Afghan cities, followed by a selection of modern photographs by TIME's James Natchwey and Anthony Suau, among others. The movie is grainy, mainly showing markets and minarets, the photos sharp, concentrated on war and refugees. Though separated by decades, and light years of technological advances, there is a sense of sameness in the images. Afghanistan appears as a dusty realm of bearded men in turbans, overladen donkeys, women hidden from view in the background, children with eyes that have seen too much. Fortunately, the rest...
...What's changed? A sharp drop in transatlantic flights has put the no-frills airlines...
...rest of the cast is also outstanding, with special praise deserved by Hunter Foster for an unexpectedly sharp portrayal of Bobby, the male ingenue-cum-revolutionary, and the Broadway veteran Ken Jennings who is so good he deserves more stage time in the dual role of Bobby’s father and Hot Blades Harry...