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...head.”The product of Dovey’s imagination, “Blood Kin,” was a much different work, a dark modern-day fable about the people who become complicit in propping up a new corrupt regime in the aftermath of a political coup. Set in an unnamed country and told through alternating first-person narration, Dovey’s novel identifies its characters only by their relation to the deposed “President”—“His Barber,” “His Chef...
...safe haven were students can, for at least four years of their lives, study and grow without worrying about the peril of the outside world. Guns on campus, however, bring that very danger into the midst of a student’s living environment. In the aftermath of great terror like the Virginia Tech massacre, not only is heightened fear expected, but so too is the potential for hatred and vigilante retribution. Rather than succumb to such emotions, we can instead respect the memory of the dead by concentrating on healing...
...radio hosts, such as Bev Smith (whose show on AURN claims to reach 25 million listeners) and Tom Joyner (whose Dallas-based syndicated program says it has 8 million listeners every week), in an effort to spread their campaign message. It also helps them with damage control in the aftermath of negative mainstream media coverage, such as the backlash from controversial statements made by Obama's former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright...
...aftermath of the battle for Basra, the mood was quieter in Iraq as the two main contenders took pains to maintain the relative calm since the fighting stopped. The government forces of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the Mahdi Army of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr kept gingerly away from each other. Throughout Baghdad and Basra on Friday, there was only sporadic violence, with attacks targeting Iraqi military units and the police...
...after the Australian crocodile hunter, who had planned to join a Sea Shepherd voyage before his death. At the height of the chase, Sea Shepherd activists boarded a Japanese whaling vessel, sparking an international crisis that only ended when Australian diplomats negotiated the activists’ release. In the aftermath Australia’s generally anti-whaling government sternly warned Sea Shepherd to not repeat the stunt, and moderate conservation groups distanced themselves from Sea Shepherd...