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...That overture is its brush with the stuff of the latter’s dark invisible center: namely, terror. Bolaño’s vision of a small Spanish tourist town still firmly in the grip of Francisco Franco’s guardia civil is political in its subtlety; “The Skating Rink” never pushes up against the brutal reality of fascism except in the most banal ways, and only when it serves the perfunctory plot. Bolaño raises his most intense and deeply esoteric criticism, not against the contemptible and defrauding bureaucrat Rosquelles...
...than they did," she says. "It's really hard for them to understand why I can't find a job." She's given up her goal, at least temporarily, of becoming a sociologist and is instead considering joining one of Spain's last refuges of job security: the paramilitary Guardia Civil, which functions as a kind of national police force...
...also populated by a much flightier group that stands accused of crimes against New Yorkers: Canada geese. Attracted by the vacant fields and easy access to water, thousands of geese have come to live on the fringes of the island, which is less than a mile from La Guardia Airport. But because the big birds have shown a propensity for colliding with jets - there have been at least 68 Canada-goose strikes in New York State in the past decade - on June 11, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a plan to remove up to 2,000 geese from city-owned properties...
That's great for bird lovers and bad for planes. In January, a flock of geese struck both engines of US Airways Flight 1549 out of La Guardia, forcing it to make an emergency landing in the Hudson River. Bird strikes are up nationwide, with pilots reporting more than 82,000 such collisions from 1980 to 2007. Not all those incidents involved Canada geese, but since these birds can grow to be as heavy as 14 lb., they present a particularly meaty threat to planes. (Watch TIME's video of the rescue of US Airways flight...
...obligations, she somehow managed to write her thesis for History of Science—on the history of dramatic acting techniques. This Kirkland senior seriously loves theater. Kline seems to have been surrounded by arts in some way throughout most of her life. She studied voice at the La Guardia High School for the Performing Arts but transferred after a year to a public high school. During this time, she got involved with theater, performing at both her school and her neighborhood YMCA. Once she began thinking about college, it was clear that Kline still wanted to be involved...