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...ludicrous for Franks and his staff to be wearing combat boots and fatigues while sitting around their air-conditioned offices?" asked a Floridian. "Are they expecting to be rushed to the front?" An Arizonan noted, "The camouflage uniforms and combat boots 7,700 miles from the front lines smack of comic opera and macho imagery. Franks and his men appear ready to pick up arms and meet the enemy!" And a Kentucky reader gibed, "It looks almost as if they're 'playing war' in their parents' living room...
...pesos.) If rising prices and bankruptcies lead to more social unrest, watch out. Not long ago, Latin America was known less for the democratic transfer of power than for autocrats with epaulets on their shoulders. So far, nobody has suggested that Argentina's crisis might be solved by a smack of military discipline. But more disorder could change that judgment...
...With its gratuitous sex/shock/poop humor, Not Another Teen Movie may very well be a better sequel to last year’s Scary Movie than this past summer’s painfully unfunny Scary Movie 2. Essentially, NATM co-opts the patented Wayans Brother-approved method (a combination of smack-you-over-the-head pop-culture satire and gushing bodily fluids), but skewers teen movies of past and present rather than films that frighten...
...glance, Adams House resident Stephen Smith ’02 does seem like a bit of a playboy. His peppermint smile, spiked, lemon blonde hair, and preppy wardrobe smack of Abercrombie and Wall Street. However, to evoke that hackneyed adage, appearances can be deceiving. If Stephen Smith is a playboy, he is the playboy of the collegiate socialist movement...
...upcoming holiday movie season follows the rules of Quidditch surprisingly closely. There are Quaffles such as Oceans 11 and Lord of the Rings—flashy movies that are guaranteed to score. There are Bludgers such as Ali and A Beautiful Mind—heavy-handed dramas that smack you over the head with the weight of their anticipated Oscar nominations. And of course, for the discerning movie-goers, seekers that they are, there is that golden snitch—that highly desired and gossamer film that flies high above all the others. This season, that golden film seems...