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...both. In Italy, where the movie opened in a record 860 theaters last Friday, audiences got their first glimpse of a film that unites, from a century apart, two prankster icons of Tuscan culture. The country's pride in Benigni's success is immense, but so is its stake in the purity of the Pinocchio story. And Benigni's Pinocchio - directed by and starring the maestro, with the same production team as Life is Beautiful and a budget of [EURO] 40 million, a record for an Italian film - makes good on his pledge to stay true to the original story...
...firms have over 30 deals with Iraq waiting to take effect when sanctions are lifted; France's TotalFinaElf, Spain's Repsol, and Italy's Eni all have Iraqi interests worth millions of dollars. But Russia is king: in the Qurna oil field alone, Russia's Lukoil holds a majority stake in at least 11 billion barrels. When President Vladimir Putin hardened his antiwar stance last week during British Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit, some analysts believe he wanted Russia's contracts protected in return for support on any U.N. action. "But is it actually within his authority to make...
...betting she doesn't find Atlantis. But, then, I've got a stake in her coming up empty. I looked into this whole bygone civilization business a few years ago when doing researches for what became, in 1999, a Simon & Schuster book titled Atlantis Rising: The True Story of a Submerged Land, Yesterday and Today. I talked to scientists from the recently deceased paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould to the great naturalist Bil Gilbert. I investigated the old hoo-hah espoused by such as Ignatius Donnelly, Jules V erne and Arthur Conan Doyle, and looked into the sounder theories of bygone...
These difficult choices do not necessarily mean that a war is the wrong course to take; war is always dangerous but sometimes necessary. Still, when such fundamental issues are at stake, Congress and the American people ought to more closely consider the consequences of the action Bush proposes to undertake. Just yesterday, the CIA warned that invading Iraq could spur Hussein to encourage terrorist attacks against the United States, raising new questions about the wisdom of backing the Iraqi leader into a corner...
...risks of smoking due to tobacco companies’ deceptive tactics, which included misleading advertising and understatement of health risks. Proving such an argument requires clairvoyant insight into decisions made decades ago. The plaintiff’s word should not be enough, especially when so much money is at stake...