Saturday,  Nov. 09, 2013 • Vol. 16--No. 116 • 33 of 35

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• The film opened four weeks ago and for a time was playing on all screens at many multiplexes. It will likely be the year's top grosser. Its action sequences and cinematography stand out and should give a boost to the country's struggling cinema industry.
• "Waar" seems to have hit a chord with a public that widely believes Pakistan is viewed from abroad as a perpetuator of terrorism, rather than a victim measured in the tens of thousands of people killed in bombings and shootings over the last decade.
• The movie opens with a man illegally entering Pakistan and teaming up with an assassin. Both supposedly are working for India and are being hunted by security agents led by an army major whose family was killed by the assassin.
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No surprise: Eagles deliver clean, lengthy set list in start of 3-night stand in New York

• NEW YORK (AP) -- Few surprises, if any, are left at an Eagles concert: The vintage music sounds are digitally crystal clear; the band members' voices remain strong through the long, high notes and harmonies. And it's hard to find a bad song on the set list.
• The thrill isn't gone, mind you, just some of their grunge from the '70s.
• The Eagles offered up "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and a string of other hits Friday night at Madison Square Garden, the first of three concerts in New York as part of their "History of the Eagles" tour. It coincides with this year's release of the documentary of the same name, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is now out on DVD.
• With Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit and others, the band played through a series of rock classics and staples of radio when vinyl ruled: "Take It Easy," ''Take It To The Limit," ''The Long Run," ''I Can't Tell You Why," ''Tequila Sunrise" and, of course, "Hotel California" in all its guitar-heavy glory.
• Forty years on, it is hard to get past the Eagles extensive and well-known catalog with words etched into our brains through endless airplay. Frey took note of the band's age when it came time for intermission: "Guys our age gotta go to the bathroom."

Today in History
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