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...expectations that surround Martin are not simply a function of the fact that he is not Chretien. They have more to do with his challenging Canadians to do something they are not always comfortable doing - to think big. In a recent interview with TIME, he kept coming back to a determination to "set ambitious goals" for his country, and it needs them. For a place that is rich and comfortable, Canada punches well below its weight on the international stage. Its armed forces - once among the finest in the world - are now a bit of a joke, with equipment that...
There's more to the digital-music revolution than just downloading MP3 tracks. With little fanfare, Super Audio CDs and DVD-Audio discs--two new formats for high-resolution surround-sound albums--have crept into music stores. Most of the offerings are remixes of well-known hall-of-fame rock recordings, but thanks to the new formats, engineers have been able to infuse new life into the old music...
Chan says the group’s accomplishment merited their notoriety. “The movie was brilliantly simple and yet stunningly complex,” he says. “All we had to do was parade our big, tall white guy around in the background and surround him with shorter, crazy Asians. A movie was born...
Samuel Khumalo's dreadlocks once reached down to his chest. All that remains of them now are prickly halos of hair that surround several centimeters of split, swollen scalp. The 40-year-old postal clerk and member of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions was among the first to arrive last month outside the governor's office in downtown Bulawayo for a peaceful protest against Zimbabwe's high taxes and cost of living. Several dozen demonstrators had barely begun to gather when police charged the crowd. Khumalo received two cracks to the head before police officers dragged...
Digitally remastered and in Surround Sound, this reissue of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror film represents the first chance for anyone born in the last two decades to see the film as it should be presented—on the big screen. Seeing the movie in a theater will open your eyes to what is almost indiscernible when watching the DVD—Alien’s incredible sets and lighting: the crew’s space craft “Nostromo” is magnificent on screen and its halls are full of beautiful detail...