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...minute IMAX movie about the Hajj, this was all that was possible to communicate about the greatest traveler of the old world. However, in contrast to the highly critical opinion of the Crimson’s film critic, ‘Journey to Mecca’ does succeed in imparting the meaning of the Hajj and its rituals in a uniquely dramatic manner. It certainly presents some of the spiritual aspects of the Islamic heritage in an entertaining, yet responsible way rarely, if ever, presented in the cinema in the West. The producers are to be commended for a positive...
...Such stark, simplistic logic appeals to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but it skirts a couple of key questions about any such attack. For starters, would it actually succeed in putting a halt to Iran's nuclear program? Leadership at the Pentagon appears to think the answer is no. But what Israel and few others talk about, or not convincingly at least, is the other very risky unknown about such a strike: how exactly Iran would respond to it. Speculating a few weeks ago, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen told the Wall Street Journal that Iran...
...blame for the Afghanistan shortfalls. "It's more, really, a logistical challenge than it is anything else," Gates said. That, one of the Defense chief's top aides said, is an unacceptable failure in a theater of war. "McKiernan never quite figured out how to ensure that he would succeed - he was still too dependent on the organization coming to his rescue," the aide said. "Sadly, this institution doesn't always do that...
...millions of dollars for a partial share in a decaying building. Under the current proposal, the building’s top two floors would remain inaccessible to the UC, leaving only the ground floor and basement, which requires heavy renovations to be usable. Even if the project did succeed, the potential improvements to student life to be derived from such a small space would not be significant enough to justify the incredible obstacles the UC must overcome. Especially given the restrictions that would be imposed on the UC’s use of the building—and the plans...
...more confident, and I thought, I can make a living out of this." In an earlier time, the greatest aspiration of a hardworking migrant would have been the security of a government job, but Raghu wants more - his own business. "If I can get the capital I can definitely succeed," he says. "But I don't know where to get it. That eats me up." (See pictures of Mumbai picking up the pieces after the attacks...