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There are two big destination ski resorts in Montana. Big Sky, near Bozeman, is expensive and polished. Big Mountain, near Whitefish, is not.

The Nation -- John McCain's favorite TV show, 24 -- the one that glorifies torture - is returning to Fox TV this Sunday night with a two-hour special.

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AT Lake Tahoe you can ski on pristine pistes or gamble your heart away, writes Fran Metcalf.

A cathartic moment, a sudden change of vista and a vision of hope -- the election of Barack Obama as the next US president was all these things, despite some ominous signs of things to come, writes Hamid Dabashi*

Mit Ian Pooley produzierte Tracks, von denen die A-Seite mit ihren plockernden Percussions bis tief in die Subbässe wirklich eine Überraschung ist, vor allem weil sich daraus dann eine so warme schnelle detroitige Melodie entwickelt, dass man einfach mitgerissen wird von der Intensität und der Sturheit dieses Tracks.

Reader's Note: Some of these reviews are shorter versions of longer pieces I have written either here at DVD Talk or at my own Criterion-centric blog, Criterion Confessions . Though a portion of the write-ups may be recycled, I did actually watch all the discs in the set in order to confirm quality and content.