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...deep undercover who had tried to defect to the West. In Australia, the interest was in "people who were working there as illegals (Soviet spies) and who had been set up in a small hotel or business and had done a runner." Symonds also says he specialized in providing background stories for spies. Mention the alleged mole inside asio and Symonds becomes cryptic. "It could have been one of mine," he says, referring to the agents for whom he created false identities. "I like to wonder, Where are all my boys now? Are they in high-up positions...
...sign up in the Superintendent’s Office). B-entryway features a pottery studio that can “accommodate everyone who wants to work there.” The J-entryway basement sports a darkroom and a free photo studio equipped with 2500-W lights, umbrellas and background stands...
Munshi is one of the choreographers, and has a background of classical training in South Asian dance. Her piece, “Hindi Film Dance: A Bollywood Journey” is an example of the ten dance performances in the show, which cover a broad range of dances from South Asia (and the South Asian diaspora,) from the Punjabi Bhangra style, to Chutney-Soca, which reflects Indian immigration into the West Indies, to fusion between modern and traditional forms. This is the first year that Nepali dance is included under the Ghungroo umbrella, and producers are proud that the repertoire...
...sits with the risen Christ. At the edge of the table, a meticulously rendered basket of fruit teeters partway in air. The later version of this same scene is more subdued. No 3-D effects, no catch-me-quick fruit basket. Christ's face is isolated against a dark background, as if to say that resurrection has not lifted the burden of his ministry. Bearded, older looking than in the London picture, he blesses the bread with a restrained hand. His blue-green garment is keyed to the picture's muted brown palette. This is what we mean by late...
...this-weekend visit. “We’re always working on ways to make HUAM more central to the life of the entire University,” says Abrahams, “so that people come here to engage with works of art regardless of their academic background in the subject...