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...four years since bin Laden disappeared during the siege of Tora Bora, intelligence agencies around the world have struggled to glean information about the whereabouts and inner workings of al-Qaeda's high command. U.S. intelligence on al-Zarqawi, bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is not strong. But counterterrorism and intelligence officials tell TIME they believe al-Zarqawi has expanded his reach outside Iraq's borders to the extent that he has become al-Qaeda's most dangerous operative. The U.S. believes al-Zarqawi has contacted about two dozen other terrorist groups in more than 30 countries...
...action was far more verbal than physical, he focused on the interpreters so that he could get the academic and historical gist of the play’s content. But during parts where the acting was very flamboyant, Jefita focused his attention on the actors and managed to glean what was happening through their movements and body language. “Slavs!” may be in essence a play completely made up of discussions—about philosophy, capitalism, socialism, ideologies, poverty, corrupt regimes, repressed desires, and sexuality. But the interpreters—as well...
...filled in on drums, and a bassist from Berklee School of Music completed the line-up. But the temporary status of two of the players caused the quartet to come off as sloppy and under-rehearsed. Tellingly, the group’s contrasting fashion styles made it difficult to glean a coherent image from the band. While Evan began the show dressed like a hippie, and stripped down to his bare chest at the show, the bassist dressed like a hardcore punk. “When we met him,” says Anthony, “he didn?...
...Love’s Labor’s Lost.” Shakespeare’s daughter Judith remained alive for half a century after the Bard’s death, and yet there is no record that anyone conducted an interview with her to glean clues about her father. With so much about the Bard’s personality forever shrouded in mystery, the life of Shakespeare is an “E! True Hollywood Story” that can never be made...
...reveries intersect only briefly at the middle—just long enough for Jamie and Catherine to kiss, sway, and say, “I do.” This circular structure leaves little room for serious character or plot development, and the audience doesn’t glean much beyond the basic facts. We learn that he’s a talented and popular young writer with a big ego (“I left Columbia and I don’t regret it / I wrote a book and Sonny Mehta read it,” he croons...