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...unmoored from its seagoing prologue, all that talk about Queeg's obsession with shirttails and strawberries lacks any dramatic punch. And why make so much of the betrayal of Lt. Keefer (the egghead officer played by Fred MacMurray in the film) when he's on and off the witness stand before we barely know who he is? Zeljko Ivanek makes a mundane Queeg, David Schwimmer an overly sour defense attorney, and director Jerry Zaks plays too much of it for laughs. But did this play ever really work...
...plunking down virtual cash at the mall or a car-rental agency, and earn spending money at any of the island's seven virtual ATMs by taking quizzes (after a brief tutorial) on such real-world fundamentals as credit, auto loans and online banking. Sample question: What does APR stand for? a) account percentage rate, b) average parcel rate, c) American paper route or d) annual percentage rate. For choosing d, you net $15 plus a shockingly generous 10% interest each day on your virtual savings account...
...fire you." "There is overwhelming community sympathy for what they are doing," says Ledum Mitee, a human-rights campaigner in Port Harcourt, who describes the Delta's problems as "a crisis of frustration," which he hopes can be solved without violence. "[The militants] are seen as people who can stand up to the oppressors." Mitee heads the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (mosop), the group founded by Saro-Wiwa. In January, he was asked to negotiate the release of the first hostages taken by mend. When Mitee arrived at the camp where the hostages were being held...
...military force. If the U.S. eventually has to launch a military campaign, says George Perkovich of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "it's going to need a lot of friends in the aftermath. And if you haven't tried diplomacy in a serious way, nobody's going to stand with you. It's going to be worse than Iraq...
...something in to help the team.”Regardless of outsiders’ views, Radliffe possesses a quiet confidence-- the team knows that if all goes as planned, it can show Princeton, Wisconsin, and the rest of the boats on the river that it has the skills to stand atop the podium.“We’re okay with having targets on our backs or with being the underdogs,” Antony said. “We can mold the situation and have it motivate us, whatever it is, because...