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...alumnus involved in the case was blacked-out by the office of the Dean of the College, FM was able to identify the main individuals involved by combing through newspaper records, death certificates, freshman registers, student directories, class reunion reports, official student folders and other archival materials. The bulk of the material comes from a series in the University Archives catalogued as “Secret Court Files...
...actors aren’t concentrating on finding emotional nuance, as much as they are focused on giving their roles personal flare. Their acting method demands an immediate connection with the audience. And with the production’s minimal lighting, set design and accompaniment, the actors shoulder the bulk of the work’s impact as they attempt to create what Hosfield deems “a community of outrage...
...Before that can be a problem, however, NATO would have to bulk up - and it's not so clear that it is serious about doing so. The question is a familiar one. The centerpiece of the last NATO summit, in Washington in April 1999, was the "defense capabilities initiative," which set out 59 areas - from field hospitals to tankers - where nations should beef up their arsenals. While most goals were achieved, "they picked the low-hanging fruit," admits a NATO official. The crucial big-ticket items remain: protection against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; better equipment for command, control, communication...
...when it first doubled output to meet growing world demand. Production doubled again in 1990, and with the completion of the latest extension, the makers of the world's third best-selling malt whisky - meaning it's made from malted barley, unlike the grain whisky that makes up the bulk of most blended Scotch - will have the capacity to produce around 13 million bottles a year. "We've come a long way since 1960, when we sold maybe 70 bottles of malt whisky worldwide," says distillery manager Graham Eunson. "Last year we shipped over 8 million bottles...
...says he heard a voice telling him to begin his first novel, Hear the Wind Sing. "That was one of the happiest experiences of my life," he recalls. "Perhaps the happiest." A decade later came the momentous publication of Norwegian Wood. Until then, the psychomysteries that formed the bulk of Murakami's work had done well but not spectacularly. Norwegian Wood was a phenomenon. A coming-of-age novel set partly in a college dorm, it was more accessible than anything he had written before-or since-and the Japanese version sold almost four million copies. Suddenly, the shy author...