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...Long Will This War Continue? Obama's biggest challenge is to send the enemy and allies involved in the war a message of America's resolve to prevail by sending more troops, while reassuring his domestic audience that Afghanistan is no quagmire. That tension - time is an ally of your foes if they know when you're going to pull out - can't be papered over. The more explicitly Obama lays out timetables, benchmarks and deadlines, the less impact his reinforcements are likely to have on the ground. So look for him to insist that this isn't an open...
...aren’t necessarily rivals,” Vloka said, “but we are from the same club. I was really happy that I got that bout. There wasn’t an animosity [between us] per say, but definitely a little tension...
...Danny Ocean of canids, with the complication of paternity. The family vibe here is as tense as in earlier films by Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums) and Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) but with a stalwart, creative dad who will somehow make things right. There's a similarly fruitful tension between the movie's hip, careless tone and the painstakingly retro stop-motion technique. The result is not a collision but a concerto and, for audiences, harmonic bliss. (Read "George Clooney: The Last Movie Star...
...reps and eager, answer-seeking students are still filing in. Everyone is all smiles, despite the obvious tension in the room. Guess we're starting on Harvard time...
...some of its own leaders from charges of graft, an ominous return to past practices. More worryingly, it has done little to rein in the military, which was accused earlier this year by Human Rights Watch of participating in extrajudicial killings, torture and disappearances. (See pictures of political high tension in Zimbabwe...