Word: shiver
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...connections with a new struggle. The Fellowship can be seen as Western democracies now besieged by the lunatic faction of Islamic fundamentalism. (Saruman, as played by the tall, lean, bearded Lee, looks eerily like Osama bin Laden.) The enemy's power seems overwhelming, untouchable; its ruthlessness makes strong nations shiver. "So much death," King Theoden says. "What can men do against such reckless hate?" Aragorn replies, "Ride out to meet them...
...Fellowship from the West can be seen as the various countries now under attack from the militantly lunatic faction of Islamic fundamentalism. (Lord Saruman, as incarnated by the tall, lean, bearded Lee, looks eerily like Osama bin Laden.) The enemy's power is daunting; its ruthlessness makes strong nations shiver. As he surveys the carnage of his realm, King Théoden mourns: "So much death. What can men do against such reckless hate?" And Aragorn replies, "Ride out to meet them." The Two Towers is a call, not for preemptive action, but for the resolve of disparate factions...
...protruding from a 28-m-long shallow grave. If verified, it would be the worst civilian massacre since a rebellion split the nation into military- and rebel-held zones three months ago. MEANWHILE Jailhouse Mock For Russians, the very mention of the Perm-36 workcamp sets off an involuntary shiver. The notorious Soviet gulag in the Urals housed political prisoners like Jewish dissident Nathan Sharansky. The camp has now reopened - as a museum of political repression. Adventurous (or masochistic) tourists can sleep in uncomfortable cells, walk behind barbed wire and eat disgusting prison food. Please pass the salt mines...
...have to be there: in a crowd, watching these actors recombine uniquely, with all of tonight's little gaffes and unexpected epiphanies, at this moment, for their art and your pleasure. At its best a play restores, for a few hours, the age of belief. It gives you the shiver of a sacred rite, in a secular cathedral, and what you experience is communion. Can't get that with a book, where it's just you and the words. Can't get it at the movies, where the performers have been caught in aspic, and the snowman is cryogenically preserved...
...uber-search engine Google sent a shiver of fear down the spine of editors everywhere last week when it launched its automated news site. But while News.google.com is fast and complete, TIME.com managing editor Joshua Macht notes, there's just no substitute for the human touch...