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Both incidents involved over 90 kilograms of explosives. The message, of course, is loud and clear: certain segments of the South African community (probably right-wing whites) do not want these elections to take place. The largest reward in South African history has been offered for information leading to prosecution...
...southern tip of Manhattan. The trades take place in an electronic neverland that can be entered from anywhere in the world. Billion-dollar transactions involving derivatives or other securities that once took hours or days to handle are now routinely completed in seconds -- with all the potential risk or reward that comes with instant gains and losses...
These themes come across with such clarity not because of the modern-day context, but because of the emoitve power of Shakespeare's writing. His plot is quite simple, and a little forced--but his themes are universal and enduring. Both the difficulty and the reward of Shakespeare lie in the language; giving the narrative or the context a facelift won't change this. Edzard ultimately fails to make Shakespeare any more accessible because she concentrates on making the easy part easier (with limited success), rather than working on the real challenge of bringing his language to life...
...shares with Salman Rushdie the distinction of having a price on his head. TIME has obtained a copy of a document, dated March 16, 1993, that promises a "considerable financial reward" for Ganji's "assassination." Written on government letterhead and signed by state prosecutor Moussawi Tabrizi, it is addressed to Fallahian's intelligence ministry. The document accuses Ganji of "plotting against Islam" and quotes Khamenei as decreeing that "this man is an apostate and a corrupt man, who must be eliminated." The document adds that "the President of the Republic ((Rafsanjani)) has been informed of this obligatory decree." French intelligence...
...hard work paid off--the reward was a trip home to celebrate Christmas undefeated. And the winning continued on their return, with Harvard pulling out several close matches, including a narrow 5-4 victory in a dual meet with Princeton...