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...unit's robberies, assassinations, and machine gunning attacks. "Like Action Directe, these anarchists set themselves up in out-of-the-way, rural communities where no one would suspect them of anything more troubling than perhaps a general ecologist lifestyle," Jacquard says. "Like Action Directe, these anarchists used that cover for their plots, and fled back under cover once operations were over. But like Action Directe, that escalation of activity - and its success - raised the potential of it sooner or later evolving into more violent strikes targeting individuals or groups of people." (See pictures of riots in France...
...pictures of cover art by Watching the Watchmen book jacket designer Chip Kidd...
...again. From here 2666 tacks abruptly sideways into the mind of a philosophy professor who teaches in Santa Teresa, and who may be slowly going insane, and then again into another genre entirely, a hard-boiled yarn about a journalist sent to Santa Teresa from New York City to cover a boxing match. It only becomes clear in Part 4 - "The Part about the Crimes" - that Bolaño is performing these lateral leaps the better to observe from all sides what the reader only gradually recognizes as the book's true subject: the horrific serial rape and killing...
...hint at the unity and grief that arose from the 9/11 tragedy. The performers’ masterful execution of Dao’s intricate choreography was especially noticeable in the partnering passages, where the pairs moved with both precision and remarkable emotional potency. The final image of the dancers covering their faces in quiet devastation was a simple visual statement that proved the communicative power of the cast and choreographer.The final number of the evening was a heart-stopping performance of “Steps in the Street” from Martha Graham’s classic anti-war piece...
...thought." On his first day in office, Kennedy made his gratitude official: "I am sure that your generous assistance has made this one of the most effective transitions in the history of our Republic." He would find himself calling on the former President both when he needed some public cover after the Bay of Pigs and when he needed private guidance for the Cuban missile crisis...