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...John Grisham's The Rainmaker, there is the tragic possibility that Coppola is in a disconcerting decline. Indeed, there is a sad moment in Rainmaker when Rudy is introduced to the sleazy lawyer Bruiser (Mickey Rourke). Bruiser's office is appropriately gloomy and uninviting--there is a tank of menacing sharks stationed behind his desk. We smile at the touch and appreciate the subtlety. Coppola, however, feels it necessary to explain his "genius." In the middle of the conversation, Bruiser interrupts to ask Rudy "Did you see my sharks? Get it, lawyers, sharks...
...also been tinkering with other methods. Before the Gulf War it had several hundred Italian-made pesticide dispensers fitted with spray nozzles for spitting out bioweapons in droplet size. In 1990 the Iraqis flight-tested a remote-controlled MiG-21 fighter mounted with a 2,200-liter belly tank and sprayer...
...force this time around. They urge Clinton to pursue an ill-defined diplomatic solution, ratcheting up the pressure until Saddam blinks. Clinton would love to prevail in that fashion, but he's not holding his breath. He knows that Saddam responds to diplomatic wrist slaps the way a tank does to toy guns. The watered-down resolution passed last week by the U.N. Security Council, which hit Iraq with a ban on official travel, must be laughable to a dictator who rarely leaves his country...
...knees because of economic sanctions. Desperate people do desperate things." The people were more practical than panicky. "We expect missiles and bombs anytime," said a motorist. So like tens of thousands of others in Baghdad, he waited in line for hours to fill his gas tank. "We're not scared, but we have to take precautions. The smell of danger is very strong...
...front third of the aircraft was ripped off by an explosion in the center fuel tank. Seconds later, the plummeting remainder was consumed by flames. This was not for the faint of heart, the Bureau's assistant director James Kallstrom warned, but insisted the American people deserved...