Much of Mr. Kapoor's often brilliant and moving work is worthy of admiration, but here he has been forced to compromise badly.

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Five years later, in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, ElBaradei earned the antipathy of the Bush Administration, and the admiration of those who believed that it was moving recklessly toward war, by challenging claims that Saddam Hussein was developing nuclear arms and by urging continued inspections.

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