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...years, two Grammy nominations and one much publicized beef later, The Game (born Jayceon Taylor) finds himself in the unfamiliar position of trying to sell an album that includes no Dre instrumentals or Fiddy hooks and, therefore, is not guaranteed platinum status. The cards are stacked against him, but that’s exactly how this former drug dealer from Compton, Calif. likes...
...examples cited, only t-shirts and posters make an appearance in the exhibit.By juxtaposing protest pieces of the past with those of the present, the show stresses the universality of dissent even while attesting to the wide variety of ways in which people try to challenge, and change, the status quo. Enrique Chagoya’s simple modification of Goya’s 1799 etchings against the censorship and suppression of Enlightenment ideas, “Los Caprichos,” fashion them to fit issues of import 200 years later. A tiny Tinky Winky Teletubby doll stands witness...
...firmly grounded in reality.Based on the first book in the James Bond series of the same name, “Casino Royale” opens with a beautifully shot black-and-white montage following the iconic character as he earns his “00” status after two assassinations in rapid succession, giving him license to kill. From the first scene, the film is intense and more or less keeps that tension up right until the end.His first assignment thereafter—given to him by M, played by the incomparable Judi Dench—is to stop...
...province where, experts say, the Marine Corps have too few troops Instead, Abizaid kept repeating that it is for the Iraqi government to save itself and the country. McCain at one point, grimacing and shaking his head, barked to Abizaid: "I deeply regret that you seem to think the status quo is acceptable... The American people made clear that it is not acceptable...
...about rules, from treating foreign companies fairly to dropping tangled customs regulations. But the largest obstacle may be persuading U.S. legislators - mindful of the impact on the U.S. of the flood of cheap imports and outsourcing that followed China's WTO admission in 2001 - to extend normal trading partner status to Vietnam. Passage of permanent normal trade relations status, usually a WTO formality, failed this week in the House of Representatives as legislators struggled to muster the requisite two-thirds majority for fast-track passage. The move was resisted by lawmakers seeking to protect textile manufacturers in their home states...