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...spent any time thinking about an attack on Iran doubts that a U.S. operation would reap a whirlwind. The only mystery is what kind. "It's not a question of whether we can do a strike or not and whether the strike could be effective," says retired Marine General Anthony Zinni. "It certainly would be, to some degree. But are you prepared for all that follows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Plan for War Against Iran | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...beauty of TIFF, with an unseeable total slate of 261 features in 10 whirlwind days, is that each moviegoer creates his own festival. And the hottest Toronto ticket, the buzz bomb of the Great White North, is another Brit-American mockumentary that is just as politically pointed as Death of a President but with a wildly raucous, satiric tone. It is Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, whose guide is a purported TV host and "sixth most famous man in Kazakhstan" of the former Soviet Union. Borat is the nom de guerrilla-humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Borat Takes Toronto | 9/13/2006 | See Source »

...manager, Peter Riley of Harvard Real Estate Services, said the University is currently soliciting proposals from Russian foundries to replicate the bells for Harvard. Riley and Lowell House Master Diana L. Eck were part of a Harvard delegation that took a whirlwind tour of Russian foundries and belfries in August in preparation for the bells’ return...

Author: By Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lowell Bells May Return to Motherland | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

Showcasing 261 features, putting 300,000 fannies in the seats--all in a whirlwind 10 days--the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs through Sept. 16, boasts numbers even Hollywood can appreciate. Here's another: in each of the six major categories at this year's Academy Awards, at least three of the five nominees had played at TIFF, including the big winners, Crash and Brokeback Mountain. That's why the current bash looks like an Oscar photo op. Brad and Reese, Tom Hanks and Will Ferrell, Sean Penn and Russell Crowe are clogging the red carpet, hoping that September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Envelope, Eh? | 9/10/2006 | See Source »

...manager, Peter Riley of Harvard Real Estate Services, said the University is currently soliciting proposals from Russian foundries to replicate the bells for Harvard. Riley and Lowell House Master Diana L. Eck were part of a Harvard delegation that took a whirlwind tour of Russian foundries and belfries in August in preparation for the bells' return...

Author: By Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lowell's Russian Bells Set to Head Home | 9/7/2006 | See Source »

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