In Audrey Niffenegger's new novel, a woman haunts the twin daughters of her own estranged twin.
U.S. Job Seekers Exceed Openings by Record Ratio
By PETER S. GOODMAN Unemployed Americans now confront a job market that is bleaker than ever in the current recession, and employment prospects are still getting worse.
A Burst of Technology, Helping the Blind to See
By PAM BELLUCK Research based on advances in technology and biology is raising hopes for progress on one of science’s holy grails.
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Afghanistan Troop Request Splits Advisers to Obama
By PETER BAKER and ELISABETH BUMILLER President Obama has discovered that the military is not monolithic in support of the plan and that some of the civilian advisers he respects most have deep reservations.
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David Edmonds goes to Armenia to discover small and poor Armenia aims to beat the world at chess.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8275099.stm
addenda
Some of Cyril’s favorite action flics
- Beau Geste
- Dawn Patrol
- Four Feathers (1939)
- Full Metal Jacket
- Gunga Din
- Journey Into Fear
- King of the Khyber Rifles
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
- Lives of a
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- Paths of Glory
- Pylon
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- Sergeant York
- Shane
- Soldiers Three
- Star Wars (1977)
- Swamp Water (1941)
- The Fighting 69th (1940)
- The High and the Mighty
- The Hunt for Red October
- The Last Starfighter
- The Motion Picture Stunt Pilot (1954)
- The Shootist
- The Third Man
- The Unvanquished
- The Wages of Fear (1953)
- Three Days of the Condor
- To Hell and Back