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...Islamic-oriented National Mandate and National Awakening parties. Even if the opposition coalition manages to secure enough seats to outvote Golkar and the government-military nominees, they?re fiercely divided among themselves over whom to elect as president. And that may offer the present rulers an opportunity to tempt one of them into a coalition. "In habitual democracies, elections provide the answers in political contests," says TIME East Asia correspondent Terry McCarthy, "but in Indonesia the first free election in 44 years is just setting the questions...
...Before going on, I should note that the soundtrack apparently has huge spoilers in the track listing; that is, the titles of the tracks give away key parts of the plot. I say apparently because I have avoided them assiduously, and listing them here would only, of course, tempt the reader to spoil it for him/herself as well. So while I will discuss the few pieces that won't give anything away (such as "Anakin's Theme"), you'll have to buy the soundtrack (or glance at the back in Newbury Comics) to find out what the rest...
Before going on, I should note that the soundtrack apparently has huge spoilers in the track listing; that is, the titles of the tracks give away key parts of the plot. I say apparently because I have avoided them assiduously, and listing them here would only, of course, tempt the reader to spoil it for him/herself as well. So while I will discuss the few pieces that won't give anything away (such as "Anakin's Theme"), you'll have to buy the soundtrack (or glance at the back in Newbury Comics) to find out what the rest...
...home in Metroland, the generic name for London's middle-class suburbia. Chris (Christian Bale) also has something he doesn't need: his best friend from the swinging '60s, a wandering poet named Toni (Lee Ross), who lurches back into his life in the late '70s to taunt and tempt him. The taunts are about the road not taken--abandoned career in photography, abandoned girlfriend (sweet, sexy Elsa Zylberstein) from his years in Paris. The temptation is to return to youthful irresponsibility...
...first three years at Harvard, I tolerated this ethic and, like many other fun-seekers, went to final club parties. I listened to members call women "sweetheart" and "honey." I heard members tempt successive women with trips to Barbados and the Bahamas. I watched members' eyes roam hungrily down passing women's bodies as they were kissing another woman on both cheeks. Though perhaps not unique to the clubs, such behavior forms an indecent backdrop, a disturbing undertone guests are forced to endure...