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Army striding through some South Seas devastation from Apocalypse Now . What's uniquely his own is the way the havoc periodically grinds to a halt to make room for "relationship" scenes, in which the characters maintain a soap-opera obliviousness to everything (crumbling skyscrapers, fire-breathing beasts) but their feelings .
One would expect that a certain amount of common sense be exercised: Palm Drive and Bougainvillea Boulevard would be as out of place in Massachusetts as Yucca Lane; with the devastation wrought by Dutch elm disease, one might consider renaming all the streets in America named Elm Street to describe a hardier species.
But, without expressing any sympathy for the plight of the East Timorese, it also warned that "Indonesians must realise that, in this era of globalization, self-isolation and disregard of the accepted universal norms of international conduct can lead to political and economic devastation for the nation."
The tornadoes are also top front at the WP . And the WP , NYT , and LAT all feature stunning top-front pictures of the devastation.
The European peace movement, for example, has taken -shima from Hiroshima to denote a site of nuclear devastation.