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...Autobiographical elements in the narrative fall away completely when Willie marries and moves to Portuguese-speaking Africa as the husband of a plantation owner in an unnamed country that is clearly Mozambique. Just as he was about to become his own man, he becomes someone else's. Literary London and a writing life are replaced by 18 years of backwater society and sisal harvests before Willie, at the age of 41, leaves his wife and returns to Europe. "I have been hiding from myself," he concludes. "I have risked nothing. And now the best part of my life is over...
...have loyal fans and a competitive if inexperienced team. But the state's flinty taxpayers have refused to chip in for a new stadium to replace the charmless Metrodome, meaning that the Twins can't enhance revenues from skyboxes and naming rights and such. The Twins also have an owner, billionaire banker Carl Pohlad, who has been unwilling to invest in big salaries. "It makes no sense for Major League Baseball to be in markets that generate insufficient local revenues to justify the investment in the franchise," said commissioner Bud Selig. Minnesota brings in $25 million locally, near the bottom...
...rise; so are sales of purebred puppies and teddy bears. The marketing can get desperate: a Denver furniture company advertises its mattresses with a picture of "Mike Ziegler, Area Fire Fighter" and the tag line "This is Mike. He can't afford a bad night's sleep." Maureen Wilkinson, owner of Acorn Travel in River Forest, Ill., sharpened her sales pitch. "Are you uncomfortable leaving your family behind?" asked the ad. "Take them with you! Family reunions are great fun on an Alaskan Cruise...
...intelligence also targeted the firm Al-Taqwa, based in Switzerland. Egyptian-born owner Youssef Nada denies bin Laden ties, but U.S. officials tell TIME that Al-Taqwa manages funds for al-Qaeda. As for Blessed Relief--a Saudi charity identified as a funder of al-Qaeda--U.S. officials reject claims by one of its founders that it has been dormant for five years. Sources say intelligence shows the charity financed movements of people, money and weapons in Bosnia as recently...
...here legally, he says. He owns a chain of motels, and one day, all of a sudden, he's arrested. When he asks why, officials tell him it's because he "harbored" a suspected terrorist, a man who once stayed in the motel for a while and took the owner out for a beer. Instead of being held at the local police station, the Pakistani man is taken to a military jail, perhaps in a boat off the U.S. coast, where he can't easily access counsel and can't see his family. He's tried in the military court...