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...federal cabinet minister?and later spent years in jail for insurrection. His band of men move between mountain hideouts, sleeping in caves. Bugti says he uses "a rock for my pillow." Reached through a satellite phone by Time in his mountain lair, Bugti spoke of how he deals with pain (he is partially paralyzed in one leg), temperatures of 45?C, and the perils of waging a guerrilla war against 26,000 Pakistani soldiers in Baluchistan: "Physical hardship?pain, the extreme heat?this is all a state of mind. You either give into it or not. And I choose...
...worried about the impact of James Nachtwey's photos of anguished Congolese. There is a heroism about the images, but there is also a romantic artistry that blunts the pain, and they suggest too strongly the presence of attentive helpers. We Americans know far too little about Africa and pay too little attention. But would we turn so blind an eye to the death, in less than a decade, of 6% of our own population at the hands of warring parties? I hope not. DOUG WATSON Shawnee, Okla...
...Australia's most performed play?not only in its home country, where it is a staple of high-school reading lists, but also throughout Asia, North America and New Zealand. "Although a glossary of Australian idiom is provided in the program," noted the New York Times in 1988, "the pain and burdens Mr. Gow's characters carry with them really need no translation." And as a 20th anniversary staging by the Queensland Theatre Company and Griffin (which returned the play to its stage birthplace in Sydney last week) makes clear, the magic still carries. Under Gow's own direction...
...Chips Rafferty and Dame Pattie Menzies, and Roger Kemp's production design rings true right down to the box of Bex on the lino floor. But Away is more than just a nostalgic escape into the past. Beneath the Day-Glo costumes and suburban chit-chat lurks an inconsolable pain. As it transpires, Tom has terminal leukemia, and Coral is still grieving the death of her son in Vietnam. Capturing the mood of this so-called Lucky Country is Tom's grimly smiling father Harry (Daniel Murphy), who says, "In a funny kind of way we're happy. Even while...
...rockets launched by Palestinian militants toward villages such as Netiv Ha'asara. Though Israel says the barrages are aimed at punishing militants, not civilians, the shelling is a constant source of fear. And for some, like the Ghabens, the sound of artillery discharges is a reminder of an incurable pain...