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...address Marg and kissing his own image in the mirror. Philipe discovers him and orders, "Take off my clothes", which to contemporary ears sounds like a sexual demand. Incredibly, the homoeroticism of this scene was not apparent to the audiences of the sixties, but this coded tension is vital to understanding the vehemence of the two men's emotions for each other...
...Dhahran is to enforce the no-fly zone imposed on southern Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War. But more generally, America's mission in the Persian Gulf is to protect the flow of oil. The gulf states produce two-thirds of the world's supply, so their stability is vital to the global economy. As the U.S. sees it, the biggest threats to that stability are Iraq and Iran, two powerful countries with ambitions to someday dominate the region. The U.S. policy of keeping both Iraq and Iran in check is known as dual containment...
...rest home outside Moscow, rumors that he continues to suffer a heart ailment persist. But for today, anyway, the Russian president was in full campaign mode, reminding Russians to get out and vote. A high voter turnout, which in many areas ran between 60 and 65 percent, was considered vital for Yeltsin's reelection. A smaller turnout would have helped Zyuganov, who has a stronger, more dedicated pool of supporters. Even Yeltsin's own advisers feared that Zyuganov could win if less than 60 percent of Russia's 106 million voters showed up at the polls. But Yeltsin...
...would a seemingly vital federal agency be so unprepared? For one thing, the FAA is financially strapped, and has lost 5,000 employees since 1993. It has a constant shortage of inspectors, and rather than inspecting, they must devote increasing amounts of time to clerical tasks. Moreover, the agency continues to assign inspectors according to the size of an airline rather than the number of subcontractors it uses. The agency says it will change the way it monitors outsourcing, requiring stricter supervision and compliance in the future. "The regulatory climate is going to be quite changed," says John Strong...
Most of these facts are in books, but it's a joy to see the evidence come to life, both in the rare, thrilling clips and in interviews with film veterans, still vital, still proud. Simon Feldman, the Russian techno-wizard who worked on Napoleon, was 103 when Brownlow found him. Feldman caresses photos from the film as if they held the secret of eternal youth...