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...Camara hardly inspired much hope. In a documentary on news network France24, the 35-year-old soldier was keen to show off his bedside literature: a copy of the self-help book The Power of Positive Thinking. The hallway of his barracks is hung with a clumsy oil painting of him riding a horse, eyes fixed on the horizon like some latter-day Napoléon. Many in Guinea maintain that Camara lost control over the army within months of seizing power in a Christmas coup after the death of President Lansana Conte. He himself admitted as much after...
...room was the last room that was accessible,” said Dominic A. Charles, who entered the building to retrieve belongings Thursday. “The ceiling outside my friend’s room had just completely collapsed in the hallway...
After the last of the detainees had made their mark, and the elders had departed, McCullough and I stood in the hallway outside Governor Manaf's office. McCullough had a lot to do that day - his Marines were trying to maintain security, rebuild bridges, solve the riddles of the local canal networks, and so on. But before he went on to his next meeting, I asked him what he would have done if one of the detainees had refused to sign the document. He responded unequivocally: "We would've convinced them to sign...
...grade. By sixth grade, kids are learning half in English and half in Mandarin, with the expectation of proficiency in both. In Yinghua's classrooms, the walls are covered not with ABCs but with pictures and Chinese characters describing seasons, weather and the months of the year. On a hallway map of the world, the phrase we live in beautiful minnesota is written in Chinese next to their home state. During a recent lesson in American history, the classroom walls featured images of - and Chinese words for - Mount Rushmore, the White House and President Obama. (See pictures of the college...
Thanks to Will’s orders to practice even “between classes” we’re treated to a hilarious school-hallway-as-music-video-wind-tunnel situation, and we completely approve. Rachel’s great here, and Quinn’s seething is perfect, but Finn’s heavily autotuned voice is distracting. Still it's an enjoyable number. However, FlyBy is vehemently opposed to anything that sanctions the continued career of the monster that is Chris Brown...