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Still, Abdullah's firm grip on extremists may be wearing thin for some constituents. Many Jordanians object to his bans on gatherings of 10 or more people without permission and on unlicensed sermons in mosques. But Abdullah's tough line on terror may have one immediate benefit: Jordanian officials expect the U.S. to boost significantly last year's $543 million aid package...
...everybody needs a new heart, although hundreds of thousands eventually may. Nor will an artificial heart rid the world of sickness or poverty or terror. But sometimes progress is measured one thin, retired grandfather at a time. For saving the life of Robert Tools and for changing our perception of what is possible, the AbioCor artificial heart is TIME's invention of the year...
...agony never seems to really end. No matter when Neveu returns?1981, 1985, 1990?the visages he captures so expertly are still gaunt. The hunger. The poverty. The children with distended bellies and thin arms. And there are guns and soldiers everywhere. The Vietnamese broke Pol Pot's control of the central state apparatus in 1979 and ended the general terror, but he and his troops simply melted back into the jungle to continue fighting. Countless other guerrilla forces were spawned. Neveu seems to have run with them all. He catches wounded soldiers on film as they are being dragged...
...copulative invective. There are the makings of a fine film within this relationship, but the feckless script won't let it develop. We feel Vicky's intense claustrophobia, but no matter how many cigarettes Shu Qi lights (35 by this reviewer's count), the smoke rises and vanishes into thin nothing. The palpitant star gets more screen time here than in her past 20 films combined and you can't help but look at her, but she is given too little substance from the supporting elements of the film...
Three School Committee candidates filed petitions requesting recounts of last Tuesday’s election, which was decided by a razor-thin margin of only six votes...