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...withdrawal from the West Bank probably won't start for a year, say Kadima party insiders. Until then, Olmert will try coaxing settlers to leave voluntarily so that he can avoid the ugly eviction scenes of the past year, when ultra-Orthodox squatters hurled stones at Israeli security forces and called them "Nazis." But most of all, Olmert will be waiting to see if Hamas softens its stance towards Israel. It hasn't done...
...understand Lucas' enthusiasm for technological advances, but I think the look of film has more aesthetic value than digital's supercrisp, ultra-clean images. I agree with writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, whom you quoted as saying, "You almost have to degrade the [digital] image to make it more real." I hope Hollywood doesn't have to choose between digital or film but can combine them to enhance the image on the screen. After all, shouldn't technology be used to serve art? The financial returns will come later...
...real loser in the election may well turn out to be Likud?s Netanyahu. A gruff ex-Prime Minister nicknamed Bibi, Netanyahu managed to anger most of his right-wing voters after taking office in 1996 by cutting subsidies for the big families of ultra-Orthodox Jews and by giving away part of Hebron to the Palestinians. This time around, Netanyahu tried to stop Kadima?s surge in the polls by scare-mongering about Palestinian terrorism and hurling personal insults against Olmert, but these tactics backfired. At best, Likud can hope to become a junior partner as part...
...rush to convert cars from gasoline to fuels like ethanol and biogas fermented from plant waste. Stations that sell alternative fuels are springing up all over the country, and fully 13% of new autos sold in February, the most recent month for which numbers are available, can run on ultra-low-emission substances...
...comfortable and vehemently committed in Jorma Elo’s “Plan to B.” Lit by a large side panel of bright white and set to rather restrained 17th-century violin music by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, the movement is rigorously athletic and ultra-contemporary, with flamboyant leaps that corkscrew in the air and hyperextended limbs thrown in all directions. Jazzy inflections color brilliant shifts in dynamic and direction, imbuing the whole piece with a kind of exuberant nervous energy. In particular, the male pas de deux towards the end of the performance provides...