Word: ganges
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...Theft should sweep Carey's writerly anxieties away. After the chaotic excesses of My Life as a Fake, his new narrative grabs you by the throat and proceeds with a comic urgency not seen since True History of the Kelly Gang. Artist Boone is not dissimilar from that novel's vociferous antihero. But instead of the colonial authorities, he's up against an ex-wife (his unnamed "alimony whore") and an art-world ?lite (including "the idiots at Sotheby's") intent on stripping him of all worldly assets and self-esteem...
...been there and done it with much more panache. For example, “Cash Machine,” the album’s first song, sounds a bit like the Clash, albeit a Clash with way too much studio time and a narcoleptic Joe Strummer. The lyrics are Gang of Four-lite, providing a faint-hearted critique of capitalism that doesn’t extend far beyond a complaint that not having money sucks. Dance-rockers Radio 4 provide the basis for the second track, “Middle Eastern Holiday,” and the album continues...
...Tsotsi,”? communicates this vast power of ?human heart and emotion? through a hardened man’s single experience with an innocent child. During the film’s hour-and-a-half run, the influence of one baby connects social classes, stops gang violence, and facilitates the discovery of love for the adults around him. Within this internationally acclaimed South African film, Hood brilliantly finds a sympathetic, yet not syrupy sweet, way to embrace life’s tragedies and also showcase its victories. Street-hooligan-turned-gang-leader Tsotsi, played by Presley Chweneyagae...
...have more impact on crime rates as a district attorney than as a legislator. “Where the rubber hits the road in criminal justice is in the DA’s office,” he said. In recent years, Barrios co-drafted legislation aimed at reducing gang-related violence. He also authored a bill banning assault weapons to replace the one that expired in Sept. 2004. Barrios, who has been state senator since 2003, also emphasized the need for reforms in domestic violence prosecution and prevention. He said that halfway houses for domestic offenders can serve...
...academia and ministry—two realms which are often at odds with one another.“MDiv students have to makes sense out of studying Greek at 10 in the morning and going to the Boston Medical Center and seeing what that has to do with a gang shooting victim in the ER,” Dean Rose says, explaining that the MDiv curriculum can sometimes seem contradictory.Rose’s colleague, Houghton Professor of the Practice of Ministry Studies Stephanie A. Paulsell, has spent her career on both sides of the fence...