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...past events are to be as present now to us as they once were, Austerlitz discovers, we must also apprehend the sufferings of those who have lived before us. And while his own sense of personal integrity depends urgently upon this historical exercise, it engenders, paradoxically, “disintegration of the personality...

Author: By Grace E. Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Haunting Magnum Opus | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, denied that Polanski's arrest had anything to do with his recent court filings, but rather was part of an ongoing effort to apprehend him. "We've been doing this involving this particular fugitive since one day after the bench warrant was issued in 1978," Gibbons told TIME, "and we've been continuing to do it throughout that time period. There have been other efforts to arrest him, [but] they were unsuccessful. This particular effort was successful. I can't say anything more than that." Los Angeles prosecutors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Polanski's Own Appeal Lead to His Arrest? | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

...majority of gang-related street crime isn't directed by a gang boss, what is the best way to prevent the often deadly violence that accompanies it? If there is no criminal mastermind to apprehend, how does one reduce the incidence of what some experts believe is a culture of violence and vendetta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Turn Around a Gang Member | 9/2/2009 | See Source »

...what with upcoming apocalypse movies like The Road and 2012 and the end-of-days rumblings of talk TV and radio, the same is now true for the rest of us. Superterrorists, natural disasters and megaviruses are not imaginary. But they're more viscerally scary and easier to apprehend than vital but boring systemic problems like the economy and public health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Media Freak-outs: Every Week Is Shark Week | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

Copney and Blayn Jiggetts, the second man arrested so far in connection with the murder, reportedly fled Massachusetts soon after the shooting with a third suspect, whom police are still working to locate and apprehend...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Suspect in Harvard Shooting Pleads Not Guilty to All Charges | 7/22/2009 | See Source »

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