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...world, are not prone to calling attention to themselves. They prefer to get in, act, and get out as silently as possible. This sniper is taunting the police, surfacing again and again to perform identical crimes. This kind of violence is more in line with domestic terrorism, a la Eric Rudolph, the man suspected of bombing several abortion clinics in the South - and a suspect in the Atlanta Olympic bombing...
...We’re a more nerdy group than many at this school.” As if to prove this point, they pass around a chemistry data table written in English, French and German. “Do you pronounce this organic compound as Le Ketone or La Ketone?” jokes Pilkiewicz. The others—four concentrating in chemistry and one each in engineering, computer science and biological anthropology—laugh at the patent hilarity of the fact that the French name is exactly the same as the English version...
Sylvia Goodman, 61, a retired high school teacher, frequently makes the 325-mile drive from her home in Shreveport, La., to New Orleans to indulge her passion for 18th century English furniture and accessories. She has made 20 purchases in the city's shops, including tables, mirrors, silver serving pieces and jewelry. Her favorite: a 100-year-old collapsible library ladder with leather rungs for $2,000. "I've acquired antiques from all over the world, in places like Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris and New York City," says Goodman. "But I think New Orleans is one of the best places...
...similarly gorgeous string arrangements that are less dejected and more bittersweet. Within these also lies evidence of Beck’s own musical preferences: the near-funky bass lines and lazy drums of “Paper Tiger” are decorated in a dazzling orchestral swell a la Serge Gainsbourg. Later on, the Milky Way voyage of “Round the Bend” swings on lethargic cellos that vividly recall Sigur Ros and Nick Drake’s “River Man.” While this is surely the album’s most dejected...
With a hoarse voice, bags under his eyes and a wide smile, Barrios danced, hugged and greeted hundreds of supporters by name last night to the upbeat tune of Ricky Martin’s “La Vida Loca” at the Sheraton-Commander hotel ballroom...