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...Tehran for talks underscored the fact that the U.S. may now be turning toward a more aggressive posture against elements of Sadr's militia. Al-Qaeda in Iraq remains a formidable threat; a senior U.S. military official in Baghdad called it the organization most likely to push Iraq's vicious sectarian conflict into a full-blown civil war. But American efforts to turn tribal leaders and armed Sunni groups against the jihadists in their midst have borne fruit in the security realm this year, although such groups remain harshly critical of the Maliki government. That government has made no discernible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making a Move Against Shi'ite Militias | 8/8/2007 | See Source »

...Hollywood's most acclaimed actresses have taken the leads in a pair of edgy cable dramas and matched TV's bad boys vice for vice and flaw for flaw. In FX's engrossing legal chiller Damages (Tuesdays, 10 p.m. E.T.), Glenn Close plays Patty Hewes, a committed and vicious trial lawyer who is driven to win cases against the powerful but resorts to bullying and deception--and other, possibly bloodier, means--to do it. Litigating against a CEO (Ted Danson) in a pump-and-dump stock scandal, she hires--or exploits?--a young lawyer (Rose Byrne) with a personal connection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Antiheroine Chic | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...first band on stage was the Hungarian Horntails, who appeared to be three seven or eight-year-olds, all of whom sang and one of whom played guitar. The first number, heavy on the screaming and vicious guitar riffs, reminiscent of the early Ramones. But as the second song, and third, fourth, and so on sounded the same, the crowd’s mood shifted from delight to confusion...

Author: By M. AIDAN Kelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Children, Witches Invade Harvard Square For Potter’s Finale | 7/21/2007 | See Source »

...armor protected everyone inside from serious injury. But everyone was left in pain. The moment of the blast felt like ice picks plunging in both ears at once. A second later, thick whitish smoke filled the cab, and inhaling it instantly formed a throbbing headache comparable to my most vicious hangovers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bomb Blasts I Have Known | 7/18/2007 | See Source »

...played each of his ridiculous characters with ironic gusto—the only way Bunin’s characters are tolerable. He was particularly amusing as the gryphon, a bird-like creature that eats newborns in the village and kills his attackers. Krasney, as the vicious gryphon, sat in a balcony over the stage, which was set as a comfortable library. Krasney in a gryphon mask while drinking tea was a hilarious spectacle...

Author: By Giselle Barcia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'The World' is Not Enough | 7/17/2007 | See Source »

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