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...start, Swagger, still on active duty, is perched on a hilltop in Ethiopia - "a country we're not supposed to be in" - on assignment to shoot down some enemy soldiers. The movie has established its fidelity to the war and cop genres in this first scene, when Swagger's spotter, a nice kid, mentions he can't wait to see his girlfriend back home and is promptly killed. That information also gives Swagger a rare ally (pretty, stalwart Kate Mara, who played Heath Ledger's daughter in Brokeback Mountain) once he's on the run from Washington, D.C., to Tennessee...
...just a few seconds left in the game, the opponent needs a long-distance three-point shot to tie it up. So, it would stand to reason, you should prevent the other player from taking that potentially heart-breaking heave by fouling him before he has a chance to shoot the ball. In the college game, that usually sends the opponent to the line, forcing him to make the first free throw, and then miss the second one intentionally with the faint hope of grabbing an offensive rebound and tying the game before the buzzer sounds. There's no denying...
...Shoot a man with a Taser, and you disable him for five seconds. Teach the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) to use Tasers, and we’re going to have a problem on our hands for a long time. The CPD’s plan to arm some of its officers with Tasers is a waste of taxpayer funds, and, more importantly, a threat to public safety. While officers contend that the 50,000-volt stun guns are necessary in order to subdue drug users and the mentally ill, who apparently have preternaturally high pain tolerances, the weapons simply...
...shoot for a target of balance that mirrors the demographics of the K-8 population,” Walser said. “That definition of balance I think is somewhat out of whack with the demographics of young families seeking to get into kindergarten...
...today, given increased global interdependence and fewer territorial conflicts among nations. “The time is right for disarmament,” Blix said, adding that nuclear weapons are unnecessary in conflicts with terrorists. Using a nuclear weapon against a terrorist is “like trying to shoot mosquitos with cannons,” he said, citing a Swedish proverb. Blix criticized current US policy and said international cooperation is necessary to prevent nuclear proliferation. “I have the feeling they think anyone outside the Beltway might be a nuclear proliferator,” he said...