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...which explore the notion and expand the definition of a self-portrait. One is a series of monochromatic studies that draw heavily on Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s “The Tower of Babel” paintings. In Bergstein’s “Mount II,” a decaying round structure emerges out of a charred and flat landscape. Fractured rising levels are energized by thin lines that betray the motion of a building buffeted by wind, as the sky overhead swirls in an array of wiry spiralling strokes and abstracted ghosted line drawings...
Nevertheless, some applicants still feel compelled to mount a campaign to win the admission committee’s vote...
...Zubaydah fled to Afghanistan. He was promoted to director of the Khalden training camp near Jalalabad, where he indoctrinated many Europe-based Arabs. As a French official explains, "He was clearly establishing contacts with people he could call upon when his al-Qaeda superiors told him to mount an operation...
...first 600 members of the new Afghan multi-ethnic National Guard completed their training, the need for it became apparent. The government ordered the arrest of more than 200 political opponents. The detainees, said to be supporters of the anti-Western warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, were accused of conspiring to mount a terror campaign against the government of interim leader Hamid Karzai...
Speeding off the start, Navy walked out to a one-length lead. Harvard started to claw back with 700 meters to go, but there was not enough time to mount a challenge...