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...have found release in reality. In World War II, virtually all of Hollywood was mobilized to churn out propaganda films, and directors such as John Ford, Frank Capra, John Huston, William Wyler and George Stevens (all, eventually, Academy Award winners) enlisted in the armed forces and made tough, smart, often inspiring films of fighting men. More recent directors, like Jonathan Demme, Spike Lee and Michael Apted, have alternated studio movies and important nonfiction projects. For a decade after Titanic, James Cameron gave up Hollywood to make deep-sea documentaries...
...election does not bode well. Many pundits think the best-case scenario might be a failure by both Berlusconi and Veltroni to win a ruling majority - an outcome that would lead to the formation of a caretaker grand coalition. It is a sad day indeed for democracy when smart people start pulling for both sides to lose...
...pants worn with a dress shirt and black tuxedo jacket - appeared too Italianate for most male tastes, but in general the quality was a genuine revelation. For days afterwards, I found myself coveting the cool trench coats. You could even describe some of the stuff as edgy and street-smart. Who knows? Perhaps I'm onto something with the Doctor Martens after...
...clearly plans to preserve both his political and military personas. He was smart to declare a unilateral cease-fire last August. That allowed the Maliki government and the Americans to do the dirty work of clearing Sadr's militia of unsavory - and unpopular - criminal elements. But then the coalition began to round up more and more legitimate Sadr lieutenants, perhaps precipitating some of last week's confrontation in Baghdad. One of Sadr's principal demands when he met with the delegation of Shi'ite political leaders to discuss the new cease-fire was that more of his forces be released...
...Although the Crimson came out on top, the team committed 24 fouls in the game, over twice as many as Vermont’s 10. Harvard also had 21 total turnovers, one of the highest counts of the season. “We just weren’t playing smart,” Curtis said. “We weren’t taking care of the ball. We ended up making things a lot harder for ourselves then they needed to be.”HARVARD 14, BROWN 13A few days earlier, the Crimson defeated Brown, 14-13, marking...