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Promoted as a suspense-filled thriller about a man chased by atrocious fate, “First Snow” never musters enough strength to hold an audience’s attention. In his directorial debut, Mark Fergus—who was nominated for a screenwriting Oscar for “Children of Men”—fails to enliven his own elementary script, and the film suffers from a lack of momentum. Written by Fergus and Hawk Ostby, “First Snow” follows flooring salesman Jimmy Starks (Guy Pearce, “Memento?...
...their experience in the camp through an interpreter. During her presentation, Sabreen described how her grandmother was forced to leave her homeland and how the older generations “left everything because they felt for sure they were going to return.” Tahreer told of the strength of Palestinian women and of her aunt who has had three of her sons captured and one injured by the Israelis. Taha spoke about the children: “They have no playground, no places to play... because of the occupation.” The reaction to last night?...
...raising the debate above pork-barrel politics. And there is no incumbent fighting to retain the presidency. Olusegun Obasanjo is stepping down after eight years in power - Nigeria's longest-ever period of democratic rule. It's not that he's leaving voluntarily, exactly. It says something for the strength of Nigeria's fledgling parliament that last year it derailed a plan to amend the constitution so Obasanjo could run for a third term...
...ongoing faculty expansion will dominate the list of problems with which the new FAS dean will have to deal, and it will take all of his or her intellect, political acumen, and strength to rise to the challenge. He or she will, however, have a blueprint, albeit a flawed one, in the form of a letter to the Faculty written by Interim Dean Jeremy R. Knowles...
...spirit and patriotism are at their peak. But it's quite another to be sending these people with established careers and lives outside the military back to Iraq in the war's fifth year. Because former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld kept a ceiling on the Army's troop strength, the National Guard and reserve forces have become a key piece of the everyday Army - rather than being held in reserve for any unexpected conflict that erupts while the active-duty force is pinned down elsewhere. Even supporters concede the Guard has been so stretched - and has left so much gear...