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...little inclination to meet; the best hope in recent memory for national reconciliation in Iraq came Wednesday in the form of a shootout - not your conventional sectarian or insurgent affair, but a series of penalty kicks that settled an Asian cup soccer semifinal in Iraq's favor. Iraq's upset victory over highly rated South Korea has earned it a showdown on Sunday against - boy, do the gods of soccer ever have a wicked sense of humor - Saudi Arabia. The news drew tens of thousands of Iraqis of all stripes out onto the street in a joyous celebration, which...
...Indeed, the current screen sensation Sorry, I Got Your Wife Pregnant, showing in several major cities, has yet to provoke the ire generated by Kiss Me Quick, yanked from screens because of its supposedly racy title. Yet, the notion of adultery in Sorry seems not to have upset the censors. "We allowed it because the wife was actually separated from the husband," explains Titie Said, the 72-year-old head of the Film Censorship Board. "We have guidelines, but if we cut everything we want a lot of films would be pretty short...
...next three months, I will be stuffing envelopes and calling donors, all in the belief that I am working for my cause. Besides, a Republican upset in the “blue” state of Connecticut would make the politicos’ heads turn...
...soon, it was time to move on. The stall was doing brisk business, and someone else wanted our stools, but we weren’t too upset. After all, lunch was only a few hours away...
...advocate for the socialist approach of Canada, France and Cuba as a more effective alternative. "We're in a battle with these corporations who want to maintain their position," Moore said recently. "They don't want to give an inch on this, and we're out to upset the apple cart...