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...work The Connection was a milestone of stage experimentation; of a form of blood cancer; in New York City. With its raw depiction of a world of dope addicts and its blurring of the line between stage life and real life, The Connection put off many critics ("A farrago of dirt"--the New York Times), but helped pave the way for more innovations in style and subject matter...
...true, might seem innocuous to a casual observer, they are heretical to Sugihara's staunchest defenders and have triggered a ferocious legal and rhetorical response. In August, a libel suit for some $83,000 was filed in Tokyo against Levine's Japanese publisher, claiming that the book is a farrago of lies designed to discredit Sugihara and his memory. Levine calls the accusation preposterous, telling TIME that his real intention was to "make well-known the glorious meaning of Sugihara." A new round of hearings is set to begin this month...
...absence of any solid leads, Pakistani officials, embarrassed by Pearl's disappearance and perhaps anticipating the usual farrago of catcalls from across the border in India, have suggested that India had a hand in the kidnapping. Pakistan's presidential spokesman, Major General Rashid Quereshi, spoke darkly of "an Indian linkage" to the kidnapping and suggested that Pearl's abduction might be a "totally stage-managed event to defame Pakistan." He was probably referring to a series of calls made after the kidnapping from a suspect's cell phone to Indian politicians--calls security experts speculate the kidnappers made to lead...
...some odd twists, as when the hoods laboriously seal their comrade's corpse behind a wall, then hear the sound of a beeper?it's the dead man's, which they need to get further instructions, and they buried it with him behind the wall. Wai visualized this complex farrago with a dizzying display of hand-held, fish-eye, overhead, upside-down shots. The film seemed to herald a brazen, bracing solo directing career. Instead, he went back to scripting...
Once activated, the T cell becomes a sort of commander in chief of immunity, activating the B cell--which secretes antibodies--and prompting the release of a farrago of inflammatory molecular signals...