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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...almost goes without saying that Dengler's story would attract (and obsess) Werner Herzog, a director drawn to portrayals of men driven to extreme behavior in extreme situations. Herzog's features - Aguirre the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo - and his conditions - notably the great Grizzly Man- provide ample and thrilling testimony to the uniqueness of his enterprise. He is willing to go places no other filmmaker goes and he simply has no competitors when it comes to strenuous risk-taking. About a decade ago he made a hypnotic documentary about Dengler's exploits, entitled Little Dieter Needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fact to Fiction for Rescue Dawn | 7/3/2007 | See Source »

...political elite (Aliyev's father was the former Health Minister). Aliyev slowly rose in the government until the fall of 2001, when his alleged collusion with top officials against Nazarbayev lead to a political crisis. Some Kazakh political sources say that only Dariga's intervention saved Aliyev from the wrath of an enraged Nazarbayev, who then exiled Aliyev to Vienna as ambassador. Aliyev was able to return only in July 2005, when an appeased Nazarbayev promoted him to First Deputy Foreign Minister, a post he would hold concurrently with the ambassadorship to Austria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kazakhstan's Family Feud | 5/29/2007 | See Source »

...boats and men, the people here have long accepted a cruel bargain: the ocean gives fishermen their livelihood but it also owns a claim - redeemable at any time - on their lives. Forced to be stoic, they came to believe that no man could be blamed for the sea's wrath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Rosehearty | 5/23/2007 | See Source »

When Blair became prime minister in 1997, he sought to remedy Britain’s rusty socialist state, incurring the wrath of the powerful labor unions. He resisted pressure from the Trades Union Congress—whose members constitute a significant chunk of the Labour party—for repeal of anti-union laws. Union workers demanded that Blair lift prohibitions on secondary picketing, whereby people picket venues unrelated to their protest, such as the private homes of a company’s management; but Blair did not bend...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: Neither Zealot, Nor Poodle | 5/21/2007 | See Source »

...Group Study Area. Most of the 40-year-old Lammy randos that look like they could use a good shit-shave-shower combo don’t venture down here. If you’re on the 1st floor, you’re also more likely to escape the wrath of Lamont’s late-night disciplinarian tag-team who’ll get you for consuming anything but knowledge outside of Lamont cafe. Sayonara, bitches...

Author: By Mark A. Pacult, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Out with Park Place, in with Pusey | 5/17/2007 | See Source »

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