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...raising anew the issue of the porous border and with Congress planning to take up several bills in December to address the problem, the Minutemen's timing, at least, is deft. But vigilantism is a risky business, particularly when it carries an odor of race baiting. The more the tension builds, say the Minutemen's critics, the greater the risk that violence, avoided in Phoenix, could break out. "The Minutemen are getting stronger precisely because Bush and Congress are addressing immigration," says Tamar Jacoby, an immigration expert at the Manhattan Institute in New York City. The question is, Can Washington...
...unsolicited problem solving caused tension, says Kim Allard, a city councilor who helped the Meehan-Hoos settle in. Each day King would present his guests with a schedule of tasks. "He was controlling everything that was happening. And they were fully able to do for themselves," says Allard...
...those cute little Van Morrison subject headings now read forced instead of funny. A heading left blank, however, screams indifferent, and “Re: re: re: hey,” convinces me you just don’t care. Good e-mail correspondence can create quite the sexual tension, I’ll admit, but well-thought-out words risk an eventual let-down (“He sounded much wiser on the Web”). Speaking of smart, what’s with the torrent of typos? Revise your ranting for my sake at least...
...screenplay also disappoints. He does little more than transcribe the musical’s libretto: almost all of the film’s dialogue—even that which is not sung—rhymes. This gives the movie an unfortunate Seussian feel, and drains the tension from the film’s darker scenes.Stephen Goldblatt’s murky and colorless photography won’t be winning any awards either. Because one of the central characters (Mark, played by Anthony Rapp) is a freelance filmmaker, I half expected a plot twist that would reveal the movie...
...insanity was the disconnect between Baer and his old associates. "I'm an ex-bureaucrat," says Baer. "I have no money. I got a $70,000 advance for my book--which in their world is a three-day trip to New York. I think Gaghan saw the tension there...