Word: gangs
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...Whoppers, should have been a documentary; instead, it fruitlessly created fictional characters who never brought themselves - or the story - to life. Richard Kelly's Southland Tales, widely considered the flop of the festival, imagines a U.S. of the near future in which the government snoops on everyone and a gang of unattractive rebels wreak desultory havoc. Those last two words apply to the film as well. But we come not to bury the bad films but to unearth some good ones and sing hallelujah. So all praise to Paolo Sorrentino's The Family Friend, a mordant Italian comedy about...
...Winter, chemist Eric N. Jacobsen, historian of science Sarah Jansen, and scientist Ann Pearson. Menand, the Bass Professor English and American Literature, joins the council after having served on the Harvard College Curricular Review’s Committee on General Education. A member of so-called “Gang of Five”—a name bestowed by FAS Dean William C. Kirby—Menand helped to craft the program of general education that may eventually replace the Core. Boardman Professor of Fine Arts Irene J. Winter came to Harvard in 1995 and recently worked with...
...enough to bring a place like Sao Paulo, Brazil's most important state and South America's largest city, to its knees with just a phone call from their jail cells. Just as important, the five-day-long attacks that left 137 people dead are evidence that what these gang bosses do over the next few months will not only affect the day-to-day lives of 40 million Paulistas - they could also help decide the upcoming election for Brazil's president...
...Brazil - especially its second-largest city, Rio de Janeiro - has seen gang rampages before. But the mayhem in Sao Paulo set an astonishing new benchmark. It erupted last week after authorities transferred 756 gang-affiliated prisoners in an attempt to thwart what they believed would be a state-wide prison rebellion on the eve of Mother's Day, when family visits often provoke unrest. The PCC's reaction was swift. On Thursday night, bandits armed with grenades and machine guns attacked police stations and left five officers dead. Over the weekend they stepped up their attacks with a series...
...Since taking office in 2003, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to tackle both Brazil's security malaise and the inexcusable social conditions that have bred the gang violence. His opponent in the upcoming October election, former Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin, has boasted the state had triumphed over organized crime. The Sao Paulo crisis is likely to shine the spotlight on both their records."You can't say the PCC want to benefit one candidate or another, but there 's no doubt that they are smart and well-informed and that they know authorities are more vulnerable...