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...interchangeable action-adventure scripts. In the aftermath of a war--in this case 1991's Desert Storm--three American soldiers discover a treasure map (you don't want to know where the enemy soldier hid it) that holds the secret of where the Iraqis have stashed the gold they stole from Kuwait. Our heroes set out to find it. In the course of their journey they encounter members of the Iraqi resistance who have been abandoned by President Bush's policy. Eventually the squad--besides Clooney it includes Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and rookie Spike Jonze as their sidekick--must...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Unconventional Warfare | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...sworn statement from Perez. He also says Ovando wasn't armed and that officers planted the gun after they shot him. (Authorities aren't speculating as to why the cops shot Ovando, although sources told the Los Angeles Times that officials are probing charges the officers stole from drug dealers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: L.A. Confidential, for Real | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...Bexleyheath, south London, an 87-year-old great-grandmother, Melita Norwood, confirmed that yes, as the book charges, she stole atomic secrets for Moscow for more than 40 years. Authorities in Western Europe and the U.S. learned that the KGB had easily intercepted revealing faxes from major defense firms and buried booby-trapped caches of arms, radios and uniforms to help saboteurs. In Paris, Le Monde followed up with a story charging that the current Socialist Party leader in the Senate, Claude Estier, worked secretly for the Soviet bloc starting in 1956. Estier called it a "tissue of nonsense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Real Le Carre | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

Even though graduation stole some of the most talented players in the history of the Ivy League away from the team, the Crimson has made the concept of "rebuilding" seem like a perfect strategy for success...

Author: By Cathy Tran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Hopes to Reload In a Hurry | 9/17/1999 | See Source »

Strangely enough, it was only this summer, while reading the sign inside the door of the public toilet advising against disposing anything other than toilet paper down the toilet, that I suddenly remembered those pages. I have never read through those words, because a psycho stole them and absconded with them to Australia. At the time, I was distraught. There was every proof of all the people with whom I had ever shared any love--gone in a single tasteless move. But today, I think: Wastepaper. And by extension, wastepeople...

Author: By Phua MEI Pin, | Title: Forget Me Not, For The Time Being | 8/13/1999 | See Source »

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