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...moderates and delivered Pakistan's government into the hands of an extremist minority. Chaudhry just wants his job back. The fortunes of the two men mirror that of Pakistan. Will the country become more open and democratic, committed to civilian institutions-or will it collapse further in on itself, victim to government crackdowns and the extremist forces that lurk in the shadow of martial...
Comedy is not something either generation is getting much of on prime-time TV. Sitcoms have lost their 50-year grip on the upper reaches of the Nielsen ratings, falling victim to the cheaper, more popular talent contests and reality shows. Movies have stepped into that gap. There's a connection with TV, of course: nearly all of today's movie-comedy stars (Carell, Stiller, Ferrell) started on the small screen. The biggest hits also depend on two of the oldest, most productive Hollywood combustions: first between script and star, then between star and audience...
...there as a duty done, and he acknowledged that it was a mistake to have excised the Balkans from his memoirs. More importantly, and largely as a result of what will always be known as the Waldheim Affair, Austria finally got beyond its mythic self-image as the first victim of National Socialism and faced up to its own share of responsibility in Hitler's assault on human values. Waldheim was an ambiguous marker on that road to a broader truth...
...women in the hotel conference room had helped manufacture plutonium triggers for atomic weapons at the Rocky Flats weapons plant, and then allegedly fell victim to at least 22 different kinds of cancer in the process. As they listened to the June 12 proceedings, they heard that they had been denied an opportunity for speedy compensation for their illnesses and medical bills...
...color, many black males look alike. The dean’s student work-study assistants were reportedly called upon by the police to vouch for the dean’s legitimacy. No more in this case than in the others does the subsequent apology erase the humiliation of a victim whose mountain of accomplishment is so swiftly reduced to rubble, based on the unreflective impulse, willful ignorance, or hallucinations of an underdeveloped white person...