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...South Asia Center, says the army is not strong enough to take on the Afghan Taliban based in Pakistan and their friends in the tribal regions. The army, he says, doesn't have "the numbers or the equipment to do that." (See pictures of a Pakistan police academy under fire...
...took his life in 1948, he produced some of the greatest, most explosive works of the 20th century, a synthesis of Surrealism and abstraction that unlocked voluptuous new possibilities for painting and opened the way to Abstract Expressionism. It wasn't a long life, but it was lit by fire...
...last years, Gorky went from strength to strength, making lush, abundant pictures like The Liver Is the Cock's Comb, his 1944 masterpiece in which pools of color supply a world where turbulent figures claw the air. But once the bad times began, they never quit. In 1946 a fire in his Connecticut studio destroyed more than 20 paintings. Then came rectal cancer and a car accident that left his painting arm temporarily immobilized. Then his wife left him, taking the kids. In despair and constant pain, he hanged himself. He was only 46 - a short life, but long enough...
...minute later to reclaim the three-score lead. The goal was assisted by freshmen Alex Fallstrom and Louis Leblanc, who had two assists on the night. The freshman class, which has accounted for six of the Crimson’s 12 goals this season, has added some much needed fire to the Harvard attack...
...Determining whether Hasan's actions were inspired by religious fervor (he reportedly said "Allahu akbar" before opening fire), his exposure to the mental trauma of the soldiers he counseled or other unknown factors may be impossible. Hasan is in intensive care at a San Antonio hospital, breathing without a respirator. But given his mental state, even he may not know what caused him to kill...