Word: touchings
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Will Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff lose his job? Probably not. Chertoff was rebuked in congressional hearings for appearing out of touch; he admitted going to bed on Aug. 29 without knowing that New Orleans' levees had collapsed, even though his department had been informed. Nonetheless, the White House says Chertoff still has the President's support...
...movie it feels good to vote for: attractive representatives of a discriminated-against minority find a few moments of happiness in a more repressive America before tragedy claims them. Now, in a somewhat more enlightened era, we are made to feel pity and even a touch of terror for them. Shrewdly positioned as a romance rather than a message movie, Brokeback comes at us quietly. We really like these guys--one rough-hewn and silent, the other eager and somewhat unformed--and the picture's unforced, almost casual realization keeps us sympathetically involved with them even when their fates lead...
...just hitting the market - T-Mobile's SDA. The carrier launched it this week, along with a big brother, the MDA Pocket PC. Both phones run versions of Windows Mobile 5.0, though the SDA is no larger than a typical candy-bar phone. Like standard phones, it has no touch screen ? you operate it with buttons; unlike standard phones, it has an HTML browser, can juggle multiple e-mail accounts and can be filled with store-bought applications. The SDA is a platform for complex useful software, and not, like some phones, merely a way for a carrier to sell...
...video is devastatingly pretty, exuding effort from every scene, and well worth the wait, no matter how long you have to listen to Pantene tell you your hair can, with their help, withstand winter’s various follicular ravages. —Henry M. CowlesKanye West"Touch the Sky"Weren’t music videos originally conceived as a form of marketing, you know, music? Well, apparently they now require marketing of their own—at least judging by Kanye West’s “Touch the Sky,” a five-minute music video...
...Mahal left in the care of a kid with a red crayon, noting that it "has been considered inferior" to the older Tomb of Humayun. This is, in my opinion, hopelessly wrong. With its elongated onion-dome and red-and-white exterior, the tomb provides a much-needed whimsical touch in a city where so many buildings are solemn. But, a few blips in judgment apart, Peck's effort is wonderfully solid and worthwhile...