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...diverting, particularly a Yiddish bubbe from Yonkers who's so grating that the severe physical punishment she takes (before rising to heroine status at the end) is almost welcome. But even here the filmmakers locate some saving wit. When she and her lethal purse are in a showdown with a jungle beast, on the soundtrack we hear Ennio Morricone's theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, but played by a Klezmer band. That's the peril and pleasure of vaudeville movies: You've got to stay alert for the next deranged, privileged moment...
...middlemen, urging a restoration of the truce. As Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai explained, "We are not headed to an escalation. The lull brings peace and quiet to the southern communities, and we have an interest to maintain it." Given Hamas' arms build-up in Gaza, however, a showdown with the Israeli army is inevitable, say officials in Tel Aviv. But neither Hamas nor Israel is in any hurry for this to happen soon. So the cease-fire is likely to be restored - at least...
...Hamas and also the base of an extremist Jewish settler community. The Islamists see the new paramilitary unit as a U.S.- and Israeli-built proxy force to be used against them; while the settlers see the Palestinian security men as "terrorists in uniform," and are threatening an armed showdown...
...matchup between Harvard and Holy Cross had all the makings of the classic trap game. The Crusaders had dropped three straight contests, while the Crimson looked for its fifth straight win after a 3-0 thumping of Brown on Saturday. Even more importantly: Saturday’s Ivy showdown with undefeated Princeton looms large on Harvard’s schedule, and the team would have found three-win Holy Cross easy to overlook...
Fresh off a four-game win streak in which it scored 16 goals, Harvard came into Saturday’s Ivy League showdown with the chance to improve its title bid. The Big Red began the day tied for first place in the league, and the Crimson (6-6, 2-2 Ivy) trailed by only a game. In a defensive struggle, Cornell ultimately prevailed, scoring midway through the second half for the only goal in a 1-0 win. “It’s tough losing an Ivy game. It’s just kind of disheartening...