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...this point that Talk to Me embraces a dangerous paradox. By failing to fulfill our generic expectations, by letting its protagonist sink back into local hero status it cheats us of the good feelings we have come to expect from movies about show biz paragons. You leave the theater feeling disappointed by its failure to release the buoyant feelings that last-minute comebacks usually engender. Where's the hit movie, the Broadway triumph, the hysterically greeted concert tour that justifies all the hard times we have endured with our hero or heroine? It's only later, as you think...
...Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, has testified before Congress four times on the constitutionality of allowing congressional representation for the District. And while he maintains that it is "patently offensive to have [D.C. ] residents continue in their current status," there is also no getting around the fact that the bill currently before Congress is unconstitutional. "In fact, I think this is the most premeditated unconstitutional act of Congress in decades," says Turley. "The Constitution expressly limits voting members in the House to representatives of actual states." That's certainly true, but others point to the "District...
...Sunni, Wahhabi). Among them are a significant number of inward-facing Muslims?economic immigrants who aren't particularly interested in learning to speak English, participating in British culture or making friends outside their community. There is little contest in their eyes between the importance of their faith and their status as U.K. residents or citizens. They are deeply disturbed by British foreign policy, especially in Iraq and the Middle East...
...military venture out only in armored Toyota Land Cruisers, easily recognizable by their electronic counter-measure domes and whip antennas. With no license plates, they barrel down the streets at high speeds, staying ahead of any potential suicide car bombers. They don't stop at police checkpoints - extraterritorial status has its privileges...
...high-seriousness with which Smeaton fielded reporters' earnest questions on June 30, the day of the attack, that has truly elevated him to comic status. With the faux-authority of his orange worker's vest, he gives an account full of dramatic pauses and the inflated diction of a policeman giving evidence: "I saw a man egress the vehicle," he explained to one reporter. In the event's aftermath, Smeaton's unblinking gravitas has become pure British satire - the David Brent of airport security...