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...Israeli military historian Martin Van Creveld has written extensively on the corrosive effect on Israeli society of maintaining its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Citing the debilitating effect of Afghanistan on the Soviet Union and of Vietnam on the U.S., he argues that an occupation pits a sophisticated high-tech army not against an equivalent foe, but against lightly-armed insurgents hard to distinguish from the civilian population. "As Israel's own history clearly shows, fighting a stronger opponent will cause a society to unite," he writes, "but combating a weaker one will cause it to split...
...studios started loading up their summer 2004 blockbusters like bullets in a chamber. Each movie has a one-week shot at grabbing the public's attention before another is fired into multiplexes and scatters the competition. Troy opens in roughly 3,500 locations on May 14, the week after Van Helsing and a week before Shrek 2. If it doesn't open huge or if it dies soon after it opens, it could do untold harm to the careers of Petersen, Pitt and numerous Warner Bros. executives. "On something this big, it'll come down on me and everyone else...
...back. But after a Mather party last Friday night, I found myself with limited options for returning to my dorm. According to the shuttle schedule, there are no shuttles running between Mather and the Yard between midnight and 1 a.m. on Friday nights. Calling Shuttle Services for van service seemed a little extreme, so my only option was to walk back...
...Van Lear Rose
Lynn is 68 years old, and Van Lear Rose is her seventy-first album. She’s one of country’s greats and her collaboration with Jack White of the White Stripes (40 years her junior) couldn’t be a smarter move. The songs retain her country sensibilities, and while she doesn’t attempt any groundbreaking country themes, White’s presence is definitely felt. “Portland, Oregon,” for example, Lynn’s duet with White, could easily be mistaken for a Yo La Tengo song...