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...official says authorities believe there may be links between the London bombers and those behind the Madrid attacks. "There's a lot of concern that the group is still here," the official says. "It may not presage any imminent attack. Maybe the greater danger is that they go dormant for weeks, if not months. It's a very considerable worry...
...long ago, the medieval village of Saint-Arcons-d'Allier was on its deathbed-it was partly abandoned, mostly overgrown with blackberry bushes, and as dormant as the volcanoes found in this Auvergne region of central France. Today, it's a different story. The village has come back to life, thanks to a sympathetic outsider who decided to build a hotel there. The property is neither a typical bed-and-breakfast nor a trendy health farm. Instead, it consists of 14 houses, which comprise the hotel's rooms and suites. The 9th century château is where...
...film, though, lies dormant in its own decency. Richard Attenborough's movies are like the best-behaved guests at a Swiss embassy reception; they never offend, never impress. So he will not force the narrative into revealing new corners, or visualize a number with anything as raw and tasteless as imagination. But discretion can take A Chorus Line only so far. Onstage the characters were small, vulnerable creatures on a big, bare stage; onscreen they must trumpet XXXXX aborted in midflight to concentrate on all the suffering wimpery of the plot. Zach (Michael Douglas), the genius director, must brood...
...Americans' valet d'armes--their orderly or spear carrier." The Italians have an enduringly bad con-science about Mussolini's colonial war against Libya and, to be sure, are concerned about 4,000 Italians living there today. West German leaders appear to have chosen to indulge the strong, barely dormant pacifist streak in the country...
Summers had good cause for his confident stride. The year just past had been, by all accounts, his most successful since taking office in 2001. The turbulence of his early tenure had subsided. His critics lay dormant. And as Summers prepared to meet with fellow members of the University’s top governing board, his bosses were pleased...