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...express what they felt in their hearts solely through their eyes and facial expressions. From the 1970s on, a no-acting-please mentality in film has cramped expression of the higher aspects of love. The displays of feeling and sometimes declamatory dramatic style in Indian films may make us squirm and snigger, but maybe we should question our own dysfunction. Perhaps Indian film can inspire us to create epic movies once again that point to the higher possibilities of human nature. JOHN MAXWELL TAYLOR Encinitas, Calif...
Snakeheads, however, are really nothing more than common swamp fish. In Southeast Asia, where they originate, they live in irrigation ditches and rice paddies, thriving there until the dry season, when their pools shrink and they squirm along to the next pocket of water. Such clumsy locomotion does not lend itself to wanderlust, and snakeheads in a good pond are likely to stay there forever. "Snakeheads are extremely lazy and sedentary," says Hawaii biologist Ron Weidenbach...
...delicate issues surrounding sex and kids. "People want to see a monster when they say 'pedophile,'" says Berlin. "But the best public-safety approach on pedophilia is to provide these people with treatment. That will prevent future victimization." In other words, asking questions about pedophilia may make us squirm, but it may also be the first step toward ending...
...successor in Die Hard with a Vengeance. No more. Now the Brits, thanks to Tony Blair's early and articulate support for the war against terrorism, have reached unprecedented levels of popularity among Americans, leaving filmmakers scrambling to find another country whose citizens' very accent can make an audience squirm. (The French...
...anything drastic. But popularity is only a temporary shield. The voters who were so impressed by Koizumi's campaign candor might well feel differently if they have to endure many more weeks like the last one. And once his ratings fall?below 40% would start to make him squirm, according to analyst Toshikawa?it will be open season on Koizumi...