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...daydreams of lazy lizards sunning themselves on the branches," but a spiritual realm painted on an operatic scale, where the ancestral rainbow serpent forges the land, a river of fairy people, the yinbirras, rushes tsunami-like through the bush, and a cyclone hits the coast as an act of payback. Wright is Proustian in her love of detail but postmodern in her playfulness: " 'Where hid reality?' Elias asked in the Pricklebush, yet who could say what existed in one ordinary coastal town plonked at the top of the nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crossing the Gulf | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

...first they liked Rusty. But he dominated the discussions when others tried to talk, and he answered questions the counselor asked his wife, who wouldn't nod her head. Says David Fashenpour, a retired Air Force officer and NASA contractor: "It was almost like her silence was a payback to the husband--like a control issue going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Yates Odyssey | 7/26/2006 | See Source »

...what had provoked the most notorious head-butt in the history of the game. Exactly what button had Marco Materazzi pushed to cause Zidane to forsake his teammates, and the still obtainable victory in Sunday's World Cup final, and instead to opt for the hollow satisfaction of corporal payback? What hateful words could have detonated the violence that provoked Zidane's ejection, and helped deny him and France the dream of a second world title in eight years? Millions of fans tuned in to an exclusive interview on France's Canal Plus to learn the answers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yo Mama! The Head Butt Explained | 7/12/2006 | See Source »

...opportunity for a little payback and a boost in the rankings is enough to make any game interesting. The Harvard men’s lacrosse team’s 8-7 triple-overtime defeat of then-No. 14 Denver on April 1 became just that. After 68 minutes of play, the two squads entered the third extra frame exhausted and eager to leave the other team heartbroken in defeat. Two minutes and 45 seconds later, Crimson attacker Greg Cohen came around the left side of goal and stretched past the Pioneer goalie, putting the ball into the bottom...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: GAME OF THE YEAR RUNNER-UP: Men’s lacrosse avenges last year’s mile-high agony with win over ranked Pioneers | 6/6/2006 | See Source »

...into the gym, strode up to Caveman and shot and killed him. They fired at least 18 times, blowing off half his face and pockmarking the floor tiles underneath his body. Three girls were injured by stray bullets. Then the men walked out. Police said the attack was probably payback for the murder of another high school student the week before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gangs of New Orleans | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

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