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An article contends that China's behavior toward Hong Kong proves the failure of Clinton's "constructive engagement" policy, which holds that China will become more democratic as it becomes more capitalistic: By gutting the Joint Declaration, China proves that it will never allow democracy to flourish, even if it lets capitalism flourish.
Beautifully acted, beautifully scored, and most beautifully shot, it gives a self-conscious nod to mob-movie romanticism without gutting the myth a la Scorsese's 1990 gangster hit, Goodfellas . (It also provides the best role Gabriel Byrne is ever likely to get: half Richard Burton, half Al Pacino)
At what appears to be a Chamber of Commerce lunch, he chats with a woman while his voice-over offers the assurance that he's for a balanced budget--a Thurmond priority--"without gutting Medicare and student loans."
) Time also runs a disturbing report from Baghdad, where Iraqi commando units proved their battle-readiness by gutting a live dog on television while chanting, "Our God, our nation, our leader!"