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...faced an enemy that, like bamboo, could be bent but not broken. As a result, the war was essentially unwinnable. For Kerrey and his buddies, who grievously suffered, and are still haunted by the ordeal, the epitaph for Vietnam and similar ventures is succinct: "Never Again...
...been proved to be an untruth. Photographers know how to make the machine fib, setting up shots that feign spontaneity, cropping out context. And, anyway, most people stop being themselves and start acting if they discover that the third eye is on them. Once "captured," an image can be bent again. I know a newspaper snapper whose moody scene of a desert under a full moon was challenged by an astute reader: my friend had moved the moon to enhance his shot ... and turned it upside down. This decades ago in a darkroom, when computer tricks like morphing were unheard...
...though anthropologists of even the most humanist bent can't afford to ignore the precipitous pace of discovery among geneticists, neither can any search for an integrated picture of the past rely on molecular anthropology alone. "Genetics tells us about the travels of human genes - the boy-meets-girl of the story," says Marek Zvelebil, an archaeologist at the University of Sheffield. "But gene exchange is different from language or cultural exchange. Who are we in the long term? There are at least three identities - genetic, linguistic and cultural - and we're all a mix of these...
...fate to that of Christ on the cross - an odd comparison coming from an ultranationalist Japanese who advocated an alliance with Hitler. It was, of course, around that time that the Western image of Japan began to darken; no longer comical copycats waltzing in evening clothes, but modern samurai bent on brutal conquest...
...childless Baker and his Wife, who must obtain four items to reverse a curse set upon them by the Witch. Along the way, they meet Cinderella, Jack (as in “and the Beanstalk”), Little Red Riding Hood and a whole host of characters, each bent on obtaining his or her own particular desire. The first act ends brightly, with the characters obtaining their goals and settling down to live “happily ever after.” The second act of the musical, however, brings a palpable change in mood. An avenging giant appears...