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...World in 80 Days. Billy Zane, Andy Dick in a fat-suit and David Bowie make the meatiest appearances. (When Bowie walks onscreen, the camera freezes the frame and scrawls his name across the screen, just as Mark Hammill is treated in Kevin Smith’s Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back—What’s the deal here? Are they afraid people don’t recognize celebrities any more?) In fact, Natalie Portman ’03 has a fun blip-cameo towards the beginning, although the inattentive are sure to miss it because...
...races across the Long Island Sound. The sun is sinking into the ocean, the sky bleeds gray and orange, and the towers of the World Trade Center stand tall against the distant horizon. It is a striking shot, one that resonates deeply as the action moves into a dark, silent cemetery. A foreboding haze rises into the night air, the movie falls swiftly away...
...with Iranian border guards. Iran itself has a history of sponsoring terrorism in the Middle East, and although its intelligence ministry is under the control of reformist President Mohammed Khatami, the security apparatus is not. But the government condemned last week's attacks in the U.S. (it was silent after the African embassy bombings in 1998). Says a senior Administration official: "The U.S. and Iran obviously have something of a common enemy in the Taliban," while another confirms that there are "openings" to Tehran...
...came to evacuate. At floor 13, the building collapsed, and Guzman's head was caught between two pillars. She lay in fear and agony for hours. She felt a man trapped near her and pushed next to him for comfort. She heard him cry out twice; eventually, he fell silent. She repeatedly asked God, "Please give me a second chance at life." There was only darkness and dust. So she said another prayer: "Please just give me this one miracle." And a man appeared above her, a saint named Paul, who lifted her from the rubble. Twenty-six hours...
...them support the needless killing of innocents. Who would be opposed to “a reasoned, just and forward-looking response” to our national tragedy? The important question is what responses are reasonable, what actions are just—and on this question, the speakers were silent. In order to affect the decisions of America’s leaders, our public debate needs to move beyond the clichés of yesterday’s rally, that innocent lives are sacred the world over or—as one speaker noted with some force—that...