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...Germany between 1940 and 1945 have been extensively described by professional historians. Yet the suffering of those who experienced the bombing has largely been relegated to fireside tales, memoirs, and fictional accounts. A new book by Berlin historian Jörg Friedrich, Der Brand (The Conflagration, Propyläen; 592 pages) now brings to life the horror of those nights when British and American fighter planes dropped half a million bombs on some 1,000 towns and cities, killing 635,000 people. "I wanted to show what happens when the bomb hits the ground," Friedrich told Time about his collage...
...perversity of any medium anywhere. The Spanish names for this new subgenre must remain unprinted but Raeburn calls them "Ghetto Librettos." Aimed at the Spanish-speaking Pan-American underclasses living "la vida de cuadritos," or the hard life, the popularity of these books has expanded throughout the Americas. Exclusively en espanol, they remain tantalizing yet inscrutable to a gringo like me. Wondering what they were all about, with a cocked eyebrow I have thumbed through them at New York subway newsstands...
...would be foolish to underestimate JI's capabilities or goals. Although senior organizers and foot soldiers have been arrested, very few "colonels" have been captured. JI is becoming more dependent on al-Qaeda operatives from the Middle East (Saudi al-Qaeda lieutenant Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri was en route to Malaysia when he was recently nabbed in Yemen, and Yemeni national Syafullah, a senior al-Qaeda officer, is wanted for participating in the Bali bombings), which could lead to a significant escalation in violence in SE Asia and possibly to suicide attacks, hitherto almost unknown in the region...
Harvard opened the game with a 10-0 outburst, spearheaded by seven quick points from Merchant. The Crimson shot 5-for-8 from the three-point line en route to building a 28-19 halftime lead...
Crusader senior guard Brian Wilson drained three shots from three-point range in three minutes en route to a career high 27 points. Wilson found himself open on possession after possession down the stretch, and hit the open shots in response to the Harvard spurts...