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...city. The police are weak in this regard. They do not recognize these people - we have informants there." All around him, young men with long hair and disheveled beards flaunt a range of weapons. During the conversation, a farouche-looking man emerges, carrying a cleaver dripping with fresh blood. "Don't worry," says one of the gunmen, with a broad and satisfied grin. "They are only slaughtering a lamb...
...Civil War and the nearly 40 years of dictatorship that followed, few events were cast in thicker shadows than the death of Lorca, known for such works as Romancero Gitano and Blood Wedding. He was arrested in Granada on Aug. 17, 1936, for "subversive" activities (in addition to being politically progressive, Lorca was gay). He was later taken from his cell and pushed into the back of a Civil Guard squad car. What happened after that remained a mystery until years later. In the 1950s and '60s, writers Gerald Brenan and Ian Gibson interviewed witnesses who said that Lorca...
Iannacone said he first felt symptoms almost instantly after sipping a cup of coffee at 3 p.m. with graduate student and fellow victim Lidia Bosurgi. He said he noticed a metallic taste and then felt a drop in blood pressure and an increase in pulse. Upon learning that four others had reported similar symptoms, he said he was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in an ambulance...
Read more about the blood, guts, and glory of the Intercollegiate Quidditch World Cup after the jump...
Nabel is currently director of the $3 billion National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health...