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...styles, and on and on. Not that there is anything inappropriate about all the heady chatter. Our famous American dead accrue layers of interpretation through the years and become palimpsests of cultural meaning. Like Elvis, born to poor parents in Depression-era Mississippi, our pop figures usually follow an arc from nowhere to somewhere, and so by talking about them we reassure ourselves about the promise and the possibilities of American life. Europe has the grandiose Age of Romanticism. We have the humbly born Marilyn, or Sinatra--or the King. Crystallize an epoch in an individual, and you offer individuals...
Knowing roughly where Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is hiding is one thing. Finding him is another. For months Afghan government and U.S. military sources have believed that the man who gave sanctuary to Osama bin Laden has found refuge of his own in an arc of inaccessible mountains north of Kandahar. It is a place where even a half-blind cleric on the run has factors in his favor: a harsh environment, strong tribal ties, loyal friends and a population increasingly disposed to hate the Americans. Little wonder, says a senior Kandahar police commander, that after months of searching...
...phased rapid transit system could connect institutional and commercial centers in an arc around greater Boston’s urban core, local pundits from the public, private and non-profit sectors said Monday at a town hall meeting at the Kennedy School of Government...
...results are often as disorienting as life. Ever wonder why someone does something, or what, exactly is the relationship between two people? Welcome to Zaben's world. Although his two previous books were more confusing than revelatory, with "Tuesday and Thursday," Zaben has found the right balance between story arc and smart character writing. Like Cassavetes too, Zaben comes up with funny, truthful dialogue. One exchange between Paul and his friend Steve begins with Steve saying, "I'm giving up drinking. ? I was thinking about why I never have money or a job and it's because of the alcohol...
Back in Seattle, the investigation was getting bogged down by the sheer number of bodies. Corpses were being found in a wide arc around SeaTac Airport by kids on bikes, a man walking his dog, mushroom collectors, soldiers on exercises. "Every time you found a body it was like being hit on the head with a baseball bat," says Reichert. Often when the cops went to examine a body in the woods, they would come across the remains of several others nearby...