Word: apartness
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...Joking Apart (1978) In a four scenes spanning a 12-year period, Ayckbourn charts the fortunes of a "perfect" married couple and their circle of friends whom they inadvertently cause nothing but misery. One of the best examples of Ayckbourn's ability to milk the bleakness of ordinary lives for extraordinary humor...
...According to Angela Sawyer, the owner of Central Square’s Weirdo Records and singer of Exusamwa—a band that is led by former WHRB president Doug M. DeMay ’94—this sense of a true community is what sets Boston apart from places like New York. “To me, it’s the best combination of small town and big city,” she says...
...this American fan, following Ayckbourn over the years has been a cycle of hope and frustration. First there's the trip to London to see each new Ayckbourn play, gems like Joking Apart (1978), in which a "golden couple" inadvertently destroy the lives of all who come in contact with them, and Man of the Moment (1988), his acidic satire of a former criminal turned media star - so prescient about the distorting mirror of reality TV - and Wildest Dreams (1991), his chilling black comedy about addicts of a Dungeons & Dragons - style fantasy game who lose touch with real life. Then...
...took more than sea power. Combined with the greater military deterrent, many potential pirates' outlook in the region improved. Analysts believe that some of Malacca's pirates came from the Indonesian territory of Aceh on the far western tip of the island of Sumatra. That region had been torn apart by a three-decade battle between a local Islamic separatist group and the Indonesian military, isolating Aceh and annihilating economic opportunities. Desperate Acehnese took to piracy as the only way to earn a living, while arms-smuggling operations spawned by the conflict added an organized, criminal element to the strait...
...that whatever chunks of actionable intelligence it dislodged were dwarfed by the damage done to the U.S. image and reputation around the world. In addition, many of the Bush Administration's prosecutions of purported terrorists - announced with great fanfare as key victories in the war on terror - ultimately fell apart because of the suspect methods used to extract confessions. "I believe that our nation is stronger and more secure when we deploy the full measure of both our power and the power of our values, including the rule of law," the President said Monday during a visit...