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...border." It's long overdue. Such a merger was talked about as far back as Herbert Hoover's Administration, but the departments that control services like the Coast Guard (Transportation), Immigration and Naturalization (Justice) and Customs (Treasury) have jealously guarded their turf. Merging them will be a culture shock, as each has its traditions and ways of doing business...
...most issues including education, political corruption and the domestic economy, the two contestants aren't far apart. But after North Korea's shock confession in October that it was trying to develop nuclear warheads in violation of international accords, the question of how to deal with the dangerous North has become a key litmus test for voters and a central issue of the campaign. In that regard, the candidates are at opposite ends of the spectrum?and Lee, 67, may be on the losing side...
...there is a white tower like the rook from a giant chess set. Ninety-nine steps spiral to the crenellated parapet, where you can look out on Boston and Cambridge spread before you. When I got to the tower, I had been in the cemetery for an hour; the shock of the wasps had worn out, and I felt at peace with death...
...French, the movie makes his originality unignorable. Lewis' now dated antics were once too hip for the room: audiences used to simple jokes didn't consider eating saltines while lip-synching an aria from The Barber of Seville to be comedy. You can see the germ of physical shock comics like Tom Green and Johnny Knoxville in Lewis, as embodied by Sean Hayes (Will and Grace's Jack), who is all rubber legs and flailing arms. Jeremy Northam (Gosford Park) is believable as Martin, but he can't compete with Hayes' human Warner Bros. cartoon...
...SINGAPORE: Strict measures Singapore's much-vaunted internal security apparatus still hasn't quite recovered from the shock of discovering a well-advanced al-Qaeda plot to detonate seven large truck bombs at embassies and other key sites in the city-state late last year. "They were absolutely horrified at how close the plan was to execution," says a source who has worked closely with the Singapore authorities on terrorism issues. Not that the authorities didn't swing into action with characteristic efficiency once the plot was uncovered. With nearly 40 alleged militants now in prison, Singapore officials insist there...