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...hard to see what the bombing accomplished except to end the monitoring system. Now the U.S. appears to have come around to the European approach, emphasizing the need to have monitors in there." The danger now, though, is that UNSCOM (the United Nations Special Commission) gets replaced with a tamer and less confrontational monitoring body. "UNSCOM's combativeness eventually created political problems for both the Iraqis and the West," says Dowell. "There may be a temptation to avoid confrontation in a future monitoring system. And that's potentially a major problem, because the worst-case scenario would be a toothless...
...film's most irresistible appeal, however, stems from actors Molly Shannon and Will Ferrell. In Superstar, Molly Shannon presents a tamer, less intense Mary Katherine Gallagher than her counterpart on SNL. This lack of stamina is undoubtedly due to the longer length of the film. Will Ferrell as Sky is the quintessential master of morons. But overall, both actors' talents are underused in a film that fails to showcase their comedic brilliance...
...tamer glimpse of popular culture now: thrashing in the mosh pit in front of the stage, from which security people would occasionally rescue a naked girl, her clothes ripped away by enthusiasts as she incautiously body-surfed the pit. From the stage, Fred Durst, singer for the aggressively untalented rap-metal band Limp Bizkit, made it explicit: he instructed the audience to "start some s___." Which some of the audience obediently did, scaling the sound tower and ripping away the plywood boards protecting electronic equipment...
...quell worries like this, the A.M.A. has pre-emptively renounced its right to strike. It is even shying away from using the word union, preferring the squishier "national negotiating organization." The group says it will rely on tamer job actions like "slowing a bit on completing paperwork" required by HMOs. Yet representatives of other doctors' unions, such as the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, claim the A.M.A. is making a mistake by voluntarily giving up its most important bargaining tool...
...summer the weather is a little tamer,and you can hike up to the summit or take a cograilway...