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...Gaza story without noticing that they'd run the same piece a week before. There is a numbing sameness to stories about Gaza, but Sacco's illustrations, backed by his methodical research, bring the Gaza of 1956 bleakly to life, using the past to explain the present in a way that rarely makes it into today's news stories. He inks his characters and scenes with the same meticulous detail that he invests in his reporting. (See pictures of life under Hamas in Gaza...
...way that eludes most linear print stories about Gaza, Sacco's drawings capture not only the despair of its benighted citizens, but also their indomitable vitality, their generosity and their gallows humor. "Palestinians in Gaza haven't had the luxury of pulling back and examining the past," Sacco told TIME in a telephone interview, explaining why he had exhumed these ancient events. "Besides, in Gaza, every generation...
...didn't know our troops did that to Japanese people.' " He wants Americans to understand the glories - and the iniquities - of American history. How did this shrug-prone comedic actor transform himself into our most ambitious champion of U.S. history? And how is his vision of history shaping the way the past informs and, yes, entertains...
...miniseries set in the blindingly blue Pacific Basin. Together, Spielberg and Hanks did tests at a Universal Studios back lot to conjure up a faded Hawaiian postcard look. Palm fronds, ripe coconuts and white clouds pop out from the TV screen in a tamped-down Day-Glo way. The cinematic effect is mesmerizing. (See the best movies of the decade...
...however, such fears have been misplaced. One of the largest Sunni parties, even after its leader had been banned by the de-Baathification committee, rescinded its call for a boycott. Most Sunnis have learned the hard way that money, security, jobs and power come from Baghdad, and they now want their leaders to play the game, even if its rules are less favorable. (See pictures of President Obama in Iraq...