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Russell stares out the window for a few moments. The response finally comes out in a deeply thoughtful tone...
...debate tomorrow brings with it the opportunity for either side to fundamentally change the tone of the national election—since the dawn of television the presidential debates have provided a final chance to pull a campaign out of the grave, or simply dig the hole a bit deeper. Though the campaign officially ends on November 2, the Harvard Republican Club fully expects President George W. Bush to devoid the opposition of credibility and secure four more years as Commander in Chief this Thursday night...
...always the aptitude for love. At $15 million and more than two hours in length (20 minutes longer than any of his earlier pictures), 2046 is the grandest project of a man who, in an age of coarse and facetious movies, has the mission to reestablish the romantic tone of the grandest old films?where two beautiful people would gaze into each other's eyes and go about breaking each other's hearts...
...Iraqi resistance fighter traveling as an escort was quickly out of the car, speaking to the group in a somber, authoritative tone, insisting they let us go. A furious curbside debate flared. My escort continued to plead, dropping the names of high-level insurgent leaders. After what seemed like an eternity, the insurgents relented. They pushed me back into our Mazda sedan and ordered us to leave. We were lucky. The fighters included Iraqis, Syrians and Jordanians. They were members of Attawhid wal Jihad (Unity and Holy War), a militant group loyal to Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted...
...nightclub singing career to be his companion. Mitchelson also represented such celebrities as Joan Collins and Sonny Bono, but later drew criticism for shoddy work, and served more than two years in prison for tax fraud. DIED. RUSS MEYER, 82, soft-core-porn director whose work set the tone for late 20th century pop culture at its most cheerfully leering; in Los Angeles. Always a picture taker and picture maker, he was an Army cameraman who shot World War II footage; the photographer of several early Playboy centerfolds; and a soft-core Spielberg whose first feature, the nudie comedy...