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...taking up almost no space on the black matte. The life that animates each hand’s outline creates tension between the jet-black background and the dark, mottled interior with its rune-like lifelines. And the hands are recognizably human: There is not any bone or blood vessel to remind us that each of us is, essentially, a Halloween skeleton...
...don’t get me wrong. I like skirts. I own several. And I wholeheartedly enjoy wearing them when the air temperature is above 65 degrees. I detest, however, the bone-chilling updraft that results from wearing a skirt to a mid-November interview (note that, contrary to advertisers’ claims, choosing to wear tights instead of sheer pantyhose does next to nothing to resolve this problem). And, despite my best efforts, I have yet to find a way of uncrossing and recrossing my legs without at least partially flashing an interviewer (note that, perhaps, this explains...
...always a chance that a detainee who appears innocuous may turn out to be hiding something. "Understandably, nobody wants to be responsible for releasing the wrong person," says Cheryl Little, executive director of the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center. "Even though the vast majority don't have a terrorist bone in their bodies, they are not being given the benefit of the doubt right now." Nor for a long time to come...
...team that understands loss and suffering. In the past two years, the fathers of star players O'Neill, Scott Brosius and Bernie Williams died lingering deaths during the course of the season. Manager Torre has survived prostate cancer. Pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, diagnosed with blood cancer, underwent a bone-marrow transplant. Catcher Posada has carried on while his infant son has endured three cranial surgeries...
BODY SCANS Accurate scientific tests that could analyze clothing, hair, skin, blood, bodily waste, teeth and bone to determine whether a suspected terrorist has worked with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, days or even weeks earlier...