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...senior lecturer in art and design at Monash University, Gregory also happens to be the brother-in-law of Arkley's widow, Alison Burton, and Carnival in Suburbia: The Art of Howard Arkley (Cambridge University Press; 214 pages) benefits from intimate access to the artist's studio archive. Here, an entry gleaned from one of his student notebooks - "I offer the following as an example of my state of mind... hint: there could be something that at first seems false. but things are never what they seem" - could be a useful guide for visitors to the retrospective, which opens this...
...never afforded his victims. But for many others associated with the trials, there has been no refuge from assassins who take justice--and revenge--into their own hands. Shi'ite death squads have murdered defense lawyers, while ex-Baathists have targeted the families of prosecutors and judges. The brother-in-law of Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa, the second trial's presiding judge, was gunned down last week in Baghdad. If putting Saddam on trial is intended to help Iraqis bury the demons of his murderous rule, the spate of vendetta killings has served as a reminder of the unchecked mayhem...
...back home. I received that help not because of a grade I had earned, a story written, or lives saved; it was for being me. I resolved to return the love by being less self-absorbed. I promised my kids I would stay out of war zones. My brother-in-law, Michael Flesch, came for a three-day visit, the longest time we had spent alone together in years. We hung out at Walter Reed by day and frequented Washington haunts by night...
...medical marketing folks - it ain't them. I can't read a magazine, see a movie or even be put on hold on the telephone without being blasted by medical advertising. We're desensitized, immune to it - after all, how many "best doctors" can there be? But your brother-in-law kicking you up and down the court and then getting a good night's sleep afterward? That brings in patients...
...Survivor • The Burden of The Living An executive made it to safety, but is wracked with guilt knowing his firefighter brother-in-law...