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...Bush] here and set him up. I did the best I could do." If Bush wins a second term, only the imminence of a major diplomatic victory--in the Middle East, for example--could induce him to stay a short while longer. By the same token, the aide stresses that Powell is determined to serve out the entire term--even if the U.S. launches an invasion of Iraq, which Powell has fought to delay or derail...
...also clear that the low-fat paradigm has developed some cracks in its facade. It turns out that not all fats are bad for you. Those found in fish, nuts and certain vegetables may actually increase your chances of living a good long life. By the same token, not all diets that are low in fat are necessarily healthy--as anyone who has ever truly considered the difference between a low-fat banana cream pie and a banana could tell...
...members have ties to the conservative Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Previous boards had at least a few members with views sharply opposed to the incumbent Administration--Perle was on the board through Clinton's two terms--but this one lacks Democratic firepower. The sprinkling of Democrats includes token moderates and those, like former CIA chief James Woolsey, who are hawks within their own party...
...going quietly. Every morning, Aziz Ahmed, a Junior Artists Association official, scouts locations from his van. When he finds a production that does not employ junior artists, he works the phones, calling a threatening mob to the set. Ahmed, a burly 39-year-old, heckles producers, demanding a token quota of junior artists, even if it means the extras are "left outside the frame." Most producers comply, or just pay up, to get rid of him. Ahmed admits he has resorted to violence, but says he has no choice. "People say we are quarrelsome and abusive," he says. "But what...
Ultimately however, the failing of Paxton’s efforts lies in the thinness of his material. His first film is noteworthy in that it is one of the few horror flicks to use children as more than token set-pieces to elicit terror from an audience, but it at times feels like Paxton is trying to stretch the skin of an hour-long episode onto the frame of a full-length feature. Frailty doesn’t delve into the father’s psyche, leaving the psychology out of the thriller, and uses one huge leap of improbable...