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...outbreak of communal conflict has raised the nightmarish prospect of an even wider and more destabilizing war that would tempt the country's neighbors to intervene on behalf of the partisans. And the violence threatens to spoil the overriding U.S. objective in Iraq: brokering the formation of a broadly representative government, which the Bush Administration has hoped would defuse the Sunni-led insurgency and facilitate a substantial withdrawal of U.S. troops. To protest the other side's excesses, Sunni and Shi'ite leaders have both walked away from U.S.-led negotiations on the new government...
...secret diary. By relocating his milieu to England, Allen has an ideal setting for class animosity and intrigue in the lightly lethal spirit of Kind Hearts and Coronets. There's sultry chemistry between the leads: Rhys-Meyers, who has the pouty sensuality of a Jude Law left out to spoil, and Johansson, with the humid allure of a classic noir blond. When they get to canoodling and conniving, you won't ask for your money back...
...season for family travel--especially when there's a new member to spoil. But for new parents, heading home for the holidays can be fraught with even more headaches than the usual seasonal hassles. "Everyone wants to travel during the holidays, but if parents are really freaked out about having to visit grandparents when the baby is only 3 weeks old, I encourage them to have their in-laws come to them instead," says Dr. Marlene Coleman, author of Safe and Sound: Healthy Travel with Children and a pediatrician in practice for more than 30 years. Still, Coleman says, more...
...Mattus' Ice Cream For aging boomers who want to have it both ways, Reuben Mattus introduced what may be the perfect treat: low-fat ice cream. With no chalky fat substitutes or bulking agents to spoil the flavor, the frozen dessert tastes like the real thing. It contains only 3% fat, vs. 16% to 22% for superpremium brands like Haagen-Dazs...
...bedtime story being read to toddlers; forays into slow-motion. There’s nothing really wrong with the plot—a lonely young woman, Mirabelle (Danes) meets an unsuitable struggling musician (Schwartzman), who is obsessed with her, and a wealthy older man (Martin), who is willing to spoil her in exchange for sex; as expected, she must choose between the two. Unfortunately, though, the whole movie seems to be trying so hard to get arrive at some sort of point that you’re just left feeling bored and vaguely depressed.Steve Martin, playing Ray Porter, wealthy divorcee...