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...called for volunteers. Among the first was Roosevelt, who said a man "should pay with his body" for his beliefs.He helped raise a cavalry regiment largely from the Southwest and became its lieutenant colonel. The press dubbed them the Rough Riders. Roosevelt got his fight and stormed into politics upon his return. [This article contains complex diagrams and maps. Please see hardcopy or pdf.] THE CUBAN CAMPAIGN Spain's only Atlantic fleet was bottled up in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. As the Navy lurked offshore, the U.S. landed troops to capture the city and the fleet 1. Marines...
...sell the film short. Duelist?s hyper-romantic impulses and lush symphonic music, plus the backlighting, the stately swordplay, the fat snowflakes, not to mention more slo-mo shots than in a Wong Kar-wai retrospective - all these effects heroicize the enterprise, making it something to gaze upon but not enter into. Indeed, one doesn?t watch Duelist so much as window-shop for fabulous cinematic fashions. Its art direction and lovely mannequins take film style to the outr? limits...
...make my appointment for a rejuvenation treatment at a Hong Kong men's skincare center, figuring I can undo 27 years of neglect in about two hours. Upon my arrival, the receptionist hands me a glass of lemonade (I wonder briefly if I am meant to splash it on my face) and a detailed questionnaire about my skin type. Surprisingly, "dull and pasty" isn't an option, but I fill out the rest. Do I have oily skin? Check-during adolescence my forehead was practically a member of OPEC. Enlarged pores? You bet-I've named some of them after...
...submitted for FDA approval, some conservatives began asking whether physical protection could come at a moral cost: the technical term is "disinhibition, which the CDC defines as "an increase in unsafe behaviors in response to perceptions of safety caused by introduction of a preventive or therapeutic intervention." (Once upon a time the concern was raised about introducing anesthesia during childbirth, or using penicillin to treat syphilis, as spurring more sexual activity; more recently, the argument is made about needle exchange and condom distribution...
...RELEASED. Abubakar Ba'asyir, 67, Indonesian cleric convicted of criminal conspiracy in the October 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people; after serving 26 months in prison; in Jakarta. Upon leaving the city's Cipinang prison, Abubakar denounced the U.S. as a "state terrorist." Australian President John Howard, whose country lost 88 citizens in Bali, said millions of Australians were "extremely disappointed, even distressed" that the cleric had been set free...