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It doesn't seem 'Canadian': quality television' and Canadian-American co-productions.(CANADIAN TELEVISION)(Critical essay)
CineAction; 12/22/2009; 6342 words; ...hour scripted drama about an elite police tactical unit, can be...determining the ways in which the CBC's mandate to "Canadianize" television...this particular Canadian pilot's success is due to its ability...CBS' The Bridge, CTV/NBC's The Listener, and Global/ABC...

Torture porn and bodies politic: post-Cold War American perspectives in Eli Roth's Hostel and Hostel: Part II.(GLOBAL CINEMA)(Critical essay)
CineAction; 12/22/2009; 9022 words; ...which he was a part. When Roth's second film, Hostel, earned...of a Slovakian hostel owned by Elite Hunting, a club that sells travelers...reserve for horror films, Hostel's reception was atypically scathing...politically relevant, and it's not clear what response--shame...

From the Primaries to the Polls: How to Repair America's Broken Presidential Nomination Process.(Book review)
Presidential Studies Quarterly; 12/1/2009; 1135 words; ...Polls: How to Repair America's Broken Presidential Nomination...the book tells Thomas Gangale's story as an activist promoting...research that finds that party elites and activists seek to reach a...unlikely to accept Gangale's plan. That problem is particularly...

What won Virginia: examining the strategy behind Bob McDonnell's victory.
National Review; 11/23/2009; 2343 words; ...Sept. 17, 2009, and Virginia's widely watched gubernatorial election...in the race. Northern Virginia's business and civic elites assembled for the event under the...sleuthing had turned up McDonnell's provocative graduate-school thesis...

The great Afghan election drama ended in a fizzle.(The Week)(Brief article)
National Review; 11/23/2009; 639 words; ...surely care more about the government's performance on the most basic matters...averted for now. Aschism in the country's elite could have erupted into civil war, which hasn't happened (Abdullah's supporters didn't even take to the...