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In Germany, myth and reality intertwine: the real Faust was Luther's contemporary, and Goethe set one of his play's scenes in the Auerbachs Keller in Leipzig. Today the ancient tavern is guarded by statues of Faust and Mephisto, and the latter is seen casting a spell over a...
The illusion of national unity vanished the next day, however, when thousands of armed Shi'ite militiamen held angry antigovernment demonstrations. The gunmen staged marches, chanted "Death to Gemayel!" and called for the establishment of an Islamic republic in Lebanon. Though the demonstrators stayed only for the day, they infuriated...
In one scene, entitled "Pickpocket's Nightmare," Marceau employs two black panels and black box. These props allow him to perform a marvellous illusion: while Marceau stands at one end of the panels, heartaches behind them, his hand arms appearing in physically impossible places: above the screens, across the length...
The excerpts were chosen by TIME's Washington bureau chief, Strobe Talbott, who translated and edited the memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev. The latest project required a special approach, Talbott says, "precisely because it does come from the world of espionage, where deception and illusion are commonplace. Those of us working...
On how the withdrawal will be carried out: We decided to redeploy unilaterally in three phases to the international boundary, and maintain a security zone that will be manned by local Lebanese forces friendly to us, rather than be a daily target for every Shi'ite group, as we are...