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...never toured until last year. Initial reviews of their live shows had been tepid, at best, so we all had our doubts.Jesus Christ, were we wrong. Frontman David Berman is, first and foremost, a poet, and songs like “Dallas” and “Trains Across the Sea” were heart-wrenching and earnest to the point of goosebumps.Even a line like “I love you to the max” was total, front-on honest, and the shockingly tight musicianship drove all that honesty like an old-timey steam-train...
...rather than commandeering the plot, it is one of several distinct elements that subtly blend into the background of an intense and commendable portrayal of World War I combat. The film is based on the true stories of Americans who joined the Lafayette Escadrille in the French military to train as pilots, before America officially entered the World War I. It focuses on an endearing motley crew including a black professional boxer, a small town klutz, an aspiring hero, and a pudgy New England snob whose father thrusts him into the escadrille after he is expelled, coincidentally, from Harvard. Franco...
...MPAA piracy director John Malcolm came up with the idea to train dogs after witnessing the success of canines in detecting illegal drugs. Lucky and Flo, who are officially owned by the MPAA, were trained for eight months in Ireland by Neil Powell, who has extensive experience working with canines on illegal substances. Powell used a classic reward system and game-playing which, coupled with the Labs' innate instinct for hunting, proved successful...
...report, commissioned in the wake of the Madrid and London bus and train bombings of 2004 and 2005, also cites lack of communication between emergency response divisions, including the police and fire departments, as a chief reason for the transportation system’s vulnerability...
...Meanwhile, under an open-skies accord between the European Union and Morocco, current frequent daily flights between Europe and Moroccan cities will expand as low-cost carriers open routes. "I can get from Paris or London to Marrakech flying faster than I can get from London to Paris by train," Loum-Martin notes. Even some enthusiasts worry, however, that the kingdom's success in luring residents from Europe may produce some friction. For example, Marcelle and Max Billaux say they know affluent French residents of Rabat's casbah who not only do not declare their domestics to authorities...