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War of the Worlds: United States
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The book by Binjamin Wilkomirski, ``Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood,'' first published in 1995, was lauded by Jewish groups and won the National Jewish Book Award in the United States and the Jewish Quarterly Literary Prize in Britain. It was translated into more than a dozen languages.
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The double disavowal of the museum's endorsement of the film notwithstanding, there was still widespread dismay about its being screened at one of the world's leading natural history museums under its prestigious, even if pro forma, cosponsorship. Rob Boston of Americans United for Separation of Church and State remarked, "The Smithsonian will walk away with a black eye if this movie is aired at the museum. So far, the scientific community has rebuffed ID proponents, leaving them to wage a public relations battle to convince Americans that their ideas are scientific and worthy of serious study. If the film airs at the museum, it's a sure bet ID proponents will start saying, 'Look! Even the Smithsonian says our ideas are worthwhile!'" And the James Randi Educational Foundation went so far as to offer the museum $20,000 to refund the Discovery Institute's money and not to screen The Privileged Planet, quipping, "And the JREF will not require the Smithsonian to run any films or propaganda that favor our point of view..."
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The paucity of third-party software and services for cell phones to date stems from the unique structure of the wireless industry in the United States. Unlike their European counterparts, U.S. carriers have long dictated which phones customers can use and what software can run on them. As a result, most of the software and content available to U.S. cellular subscribers has come directly from the carriers. This "walled garden" concept harkens back to the closed dial-up computer networks of yesteryear. But that's beginning to change, as subscribers gain access to free and paid software and services that let them do more with their phones. Read it on Technology Review (an MIT Enterprise).
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The press preview of the film raised severe criticism, since every journalist who wanted to take a preview of War of the Worlds before it premiered had to sign a non-disclosure agreement. This NDA stated that the undersigned could not publish a review of the film before its world-wide release on June 29, 2005. Many people have argued that the film might not have been able to catch up with the great expectations that might have been postulated by such reviewers.
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A product of fringe anti-war moonbats? Via AP: NEW YORK AP - An explosive device caused minor damage to a military recruiting station in Times Square early Thursday, and police blocked off the area to investigate. The device shattered a glass entryway, but no one was injured, police said. Members of the police department??s bomb squad and fire officials gathered outside the recruiting station in the early morning darkness, and police cars and yellow tape blocked drivers??most of them behind
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In the United States - and most of the West - the media is outwardly criticized for being unfair in some cases, especially in their political coverage. While this may be true, they're not usually described as being untruthful in their broadcasts and printed pages. This isn't the case everywhere on the planet, unfortunately.
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