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...after a five-month pause, have the rebels lost their taste for battle. Invited by Libyan-trained GAM commander Darwis Jeunib to a remote village in Biruen district in the north, I see a few dozen of some 1,000 soldiers he claims to lead. Though their AK-47s, strung with Acehnese flags, are antiques, their uniforms and army boots are box-fresh, making them better equipped than the motley GAM troops I have seen on previous visits. The new hostilities, says Darwis, will be "more brutal than in the past," and will be accompanied by a massive number...
...motel so ancient and creaky that one suspects Norman Bates might leap out from behind any of its murky corners. A brutal storm has flooded the single road that leads away from the motel, so various marooned travelers start checking in one by one. They include a high-strung actress (Rebecca De Mornay) and her resourceful limo driver (John Cusack), a short-fused policeman (Ray Liotta) escorting a murderous prisoner (Jake Busey) and a high-priced hooker escaping Las Vegas to tend to an orange grove in Florida (Amanda Peet...
...motel so ancient and creaky that one suspects Norman Bates might leap out from behind any of its murky corners. A brutal storm has flooded the single road that leads away from the motel, so various marooned travelers start checking in one by one. They include a high-strung actress (Rebecca De Mornay) and her resourceful limo driver (John Cusack), a short-fused policeman (Ray Liotta) escorting a murderous prisoner (Jake Busey) and a high-priced hooker escaping Las Vegas to tend to an orange grove in Florida (Amanda Peet...
...American military went into Baghdad brutally where necessary, gently where possible, aware that an ambush was likely at any time yet surprised by what often greeted them. The Marine amphibious assault vehicles, strung on all sides with dusty rucksacks, rumbled in from the east; the 3rd Infantry Division came from the west, the pincer closing its grasp on the capital. The troops drove down streets lined with date palms and mulberry trees and bloated corpses being chewed on by dogs, to be welcomed by smiling people cheering and waving, calling "Thank you, Mr. Bush," "We very like Mr. Bush." People...
...third, the Crimson even looked like it was going to score. With two outs, Harvard had strung a few hits together to load the bases. But when Minutewoman freshman catcher Jamie Calahan rifled the ball to third to pick off Harvard freshman catcher Erin Halpenny, the Crimson lost its only momentum...