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...fictional characters fared spectacularly well amid the uncertainty that followed 9/11. One was Harry Potter, whose adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Scotland provided an exhilarating escape for millions of children, and not a few parents. The other was Precious Ramotswe, whose everyday adventures as boss of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Botswana provided a reassuring escape for millions of adults, and not a few children. Sales of both novel series soared into the tens of millions, making Edinburgh, where J.K. Rowling and Alexander McCall Smith both write, a cradle of superstar authors...
...subway service was restored. "New York City is back and open for business," Bloomberg said. Even tourists at the scene - holding cameras aloft and chattering on cell phones - seemed largely unruffled by the incident. "I do feel quite safe still," says Sandra Bell, a tourist on vacation from Glasgow, Scotland. Still, she says, standing just yards from the spot where she's often watched the iconic ball descend to herald each New Year, "it's amazing to think something would happen here." As uniformed military personnel ducked in and out of the recruiting office, the poster of Uncle Sam maintained...
...script is by Peter Morgan, who won a plethora of prizes for The Queen and The Last King of Scotland and the Broadway play Frost Nixon, so you might expect something more than the puffy costume drama you get. Justin Chadwick, the director, is from TV, and apparently thinks that extreme closeups are as telling on the big screen as the small. No question that Portman's and Johansson's faces merit microscopic attention, but the film has a cramped feeling that turns every urgent, conspiratorial confidence into an italicized shout. That's a shame, because the movie has some...
...about a third of cases, antipsychotic medication helps to reduce distress, but for many it fails, says Dr. Sara Tai, a researcher at the University of Manchester in the U.K. The drugs also leave many patients feeling exhausted and emotionally numb. Audrey Reid, a 36-year-old from Dundee, Scotland, says medication slowed her thinking and rendered her powerless against bullying by her voices. They made sexually demeaning comments and, when she tried to make coffee, convinced her she was brewing poison...
...That uncertainty as to whom Interpol is tracking has roused strong unease among civil-rights groups. They point out that, unlike law-enforcement services such as Scotland Yard or the FBI, Interpol does not report to any government. "There is a principle of openness and accountability at stake here which is extremely vital," says Simon Davies, director of Privacy International, a London-based advocacy group that tracks surveillance of civilians. Davies worries that the data collected from countries is sometimes faulty, potentially targeting innocent people. "At least on the national level there is some accountability," he says. "But in Interpol...