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It remains possible that specific genes not present on the microarrays used here (representing about half the human genome) may be induced by actin-based motility, but it is nonetheless clear that bacterial subversion of the actin cytoskeleton does not result in any large-scale, coordinated transcriptional response.
Excellent coverage all around for this offbeat Gulf War adventure-drama directed by David O. Russell ( Flirting With Disaster ). The "blisteringly funny" story of a group of soldiers who plot to steal hidden Iraqi bullion "works both as a rousing action adventure movie and as a subversion of the genre" (David Ansen, Newsweek ). The stars, George Clooney, Ice Cube, Mark Wahlberg, and Spike Jonze, all give excellent turns, but the director is universally singled out: He has created "some kind of weird masterpiece" that "sings with the exhilaration of pure filmmaking" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). Strangely enough, the one negative review comes from the New York Times ' usually chipper Janet Maslin, who complains that the wacky camera style and tricks with film stock are "inadvertently distracting" and that the film doesn't pick up speed until the second half, when it's "too little, too late."
She should take time from reading revisionist works to look at the revelations of the VENONA files, those hundreds of intercepted telegrams from Soviet agents in America that reveal the tip of an enormous iceberg of espionage and subversion.
Still, his guidelines, like Levi's, took account of the reality that suspicion of "terrorism," like suspicion of "subversion," could lead to making individuals targets for investigation more because of their beliefs than because of their acts.
Hoover added investigation of possible espionage, sabotage, or subversion to the duties of field offices.
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