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...there's a double standard. Not every President is asked to apologize for disasters that occur on his watch. Still, did not Bush misjudge Iraq...
...Marines have been following a standard script for pacifying a city. First they encircled Fallujah to trap the insurgents inside and prevent reinforcements from coming to their aid. The cordon around Fallujah is an estimated three miles long by two miles across. Supplies of food and medicine are permitted in, and women, children and old men are allowed to flee on foot. A 7 p.m.--to--6 a.m. curfew forces civilians into their houses at night, when the U.S. military, with its night-vision devices, prefers to fight. Leaflets warn residents to gather in a single room if Marines enter...
Indeed, Minoru would prefer that Mori Building not be seen as a family company, even though his and his older brother Kei's immediate families own 100% of the stock. He dislikes the label because his mission diverges from what he considers the standard priorities of a family-run firm. "What we are doing is not to make money for the family," he says, "but to create something that contributes to the society." --By Jim Frederick. With reporting by Yuki Oda/Tokyo
...Spotless Mind, which premieres across Europe from next week, has wowed U.S. critics. Already a legend for his music-video and advertising work, Gondry, 40, seems to have overcome the commercial and critical failure of his debut feature, 2001's Human Nature. And he's setting the standard for other French directors who are giving Hollywood a Gallic accent. Far from a car crash, his career has just shifted into high gear. Eternal Sunshine tells the story, in real time and through flashbacks, of lovers Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) and Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet). When their affair fails, Clementine signs...
...complacency." So Tanney and his architectural partner, Robert Luntz, have jumped into prefab full force. Their firm, Resolution: 4 Architecture re4a.com) offers a selection of prefabricated house designs, all growing out of a few basic forms that can be combined to make simple or more complex configurations, from the Standard Bar to the 2,400-sq.-ft. Three Bar Bridge. Tanney and Luntz expect to start construction this month on the first, the 2,000-sq.-ft. Dwell Home. Because the fees for contractors who assemble the house differ widely in various parts of the country, Tanney says the price...