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...counter that threat. The tensions between terrorism prevention and the protection of civil liberties were already set to dominate the U.K.'s political agenda in a week that will see a report published about the shooting by London's anti-terror police in 2005 of an innocent Brazilian electrician, Jean Charles de Menezes, after he was mistaken for a suicide bomber. On Nov. 6, Queen Elizabeth II will read out the government's legislative program for the forthcoming year, expected to include a tightening of terror laws...
...lead a nation acting like Zorro," fumed Socialist parliamentarian Jean-Louis Bianco over Sarkozy's Chadian coup. "This sensationalist diplomacy continues posing problems," agreed fellow Socialist Pierre Moscovici. France's media was torn between approbation and concern. Le Figaro's headline Monday hailed "Nicolas Sarkozy's Humanitarian Coup" and nicknamed him "the Jack Bauer of diplomacy," referring to the secret agent star of 24. Le Parisien, however, claimed "Nicolas Sarkozy can't resist the permanent temptation to stage his action as if he's the only person involved". One way or another, as with the fictional television program, the clock...
While Marshall was shooting the third Bourne film, Kennedy was putting together Diving Bell, directed by the artist Julian Schnabel and adapted from a memoir by French journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby, who was almost completely paralyzed. Casting the behind-the-camera personalities on the film took some craftsmanship. Kennedy recruited Spielberg's director of photography to help Schnabel deliver a bold visual style, shooting as if the viewer were inside the paralyzed man's body. When the film's French production company balked at the price of an A-list cinematographer, Kennedy persuaded them to find the money elsewhere...
...Though Jean Valentine ’56 steers through dark waters in “Little Boat,” she crafts a peaceful and inspiring collection of poems. Through a light, spiritual, and dream-like exploration of an eclectic mix of heavy, melancholic issues—including confinement, illness, death, and grief—the National Book Award winner rattles her readers’ emotions, but manages to bring them safely into harbor. Despite the seemingly jumbled writing style and lack of a specific pattern to the book, Valentine creates a truly unique meditation on dark subject matter made...
...only a handful of colors for visualizing cells,” he said. The technique is an enormous improvement over previous staining procedures. “Our hope is that this new technique will provide a lot more details for how the brain is wired,” said Jean Livet, a post-doctoral researcher who worked on the study. Lichtman is also hopeful that the new method will give neuroscientists a more complete picture of the brain. “Right now we can’t really tell if two wires cross or are just getting very close...