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...point-of-view argues that though Crockett will want to pitch because he’s competitive, a winner, and would let down the team if he turned down a start, his opinion should be irrelevant to Walsh, who should protect his players and give them a chance to succeed on the next level. However, it is Walsh’s responsibility as Harvard’s head coach to put his team in a situation to win, and it is Crockett’s responsibility to do whatever he can to get his team...
...deploy regular forces and mobilize the reserves - particularly if he plans an invasion force of 250,000 - and he'll have to satisfy senators that he's made his case for an invasion before the American people. Second, Bush will have to spell out "what happens after you succeed," says this senior aide. Will the administration remain in Iraq for the long haul after Saddam is overthrown? "Who fills the vacuum?" asks Sen. John Warner, the senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Are there persons who exist who can step in and gain the confidence of the Iraqi...
...stellar cast, maybe inject a load of mind-blowing effects, and you have yourself a blockbuster. If you are trying to get a Marvel franchise off the ground, you might need a little something extra—and that little something is what will make Spider-Man succeed when other comics-based films have the unfortunate habit of landing belly-side down at the box office. For every Blade or X-Men, which made an impressive $157 million, there are at least two films that end up like The Punisher, whose nameless and skull-less vigilante left audiences yawning...
...plays a Marine guarding a Navajo man involved in the operation. In recent summers, historical war movies like The Patriot and Saving Private Ryan have fared well at the box office, and Woo’s Face/Off and Mission: Impossible II have met with similar success. Whether Windtalkers will succeed is another matter; it appears to be a more serious endeavor than the stylish, bullet-clogged popcorn flicks Woo has concentrated on making until...
...ground. This invasion, however, will destroy Iraq’s infrastructure and cost the lives of countless civilians—many of whom have already suffered under economic sanctions—all for the apprehension of one man whom, if Afghanistan serves as any clue, we may not even succeed in capturing...