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Each morning before dawn, a secret print shop at the CIA's Langley, Va., compound produces a handful of copies of the nation's most closely guarded document, the President's daily brief. The PDB, as it is known, is meant to apprise the President of the latest, most crucial intelligence on threats to the nation's security. But the document, which for years has been produced by the CIA, came under much criticism during the investigations of prewar intelligence on Iraq. Now the PDB is in the midst of its biggest reform ever, as the new Director of National...
...this well-known tale, twelve princesses escape their castle every night to a fantasyland where they dance until dawn with beloved princes. Their father, the king, offers any of the princesses as a bride to whomever discovers the destination of their nighttime escapades. Only when a ragged war-veteran refuses the soporific wine the princesses serve their guests, and follows them—shielded by the aforementioned invisibility cloak—does he learn their secret and marry the youngest...
...often unfulfilling experiences of conventional tourism. His methods involve the imposition of arbitrary?and often absurd?constraints that turn mundane travel into a fascinating series of games. In Fly by Night, readers are invited to arrive at a destination at dusk, explore through the night, and leave before dawn. Barman's Knock involves going to your favorite bar, downing your favorite drink, asking the bartender what his favorite bar and drink are, then going there, downing that drink, and repeating the process. Then there's Monopoly Travel, which consists of exploring a city using only the streets and places featured...
...often unfulfilling experiences of conventional tourism. His methods involve the imposition of arbitrary - and often absurd - constraints that turn mundane travel into a fascinating series of games. In Fly by Night, readers are invited to arrive at a destination at dusk, explore through the night, and leave before dawn. Barman's Knock involves going to your favorite bar, downing your favorite drink, asking the bartender what his favorite bar and drink are, then going there, downing that drink, and repeating the process. Then there's Monopoly Travel, which consists of exploring a city using only the streets and places featured...
...This morning before dawn no stars I try again." In Overlord--the title comes from the Allied code name for D-day--we find Graham deep in prayer, to whom and for what she isn't sure. But her poems, which mix autobiography and World War II documentary, struggle to come to terms with the raw human realities of war: "The experience of killing and getting killed." --By Lev Grossman