Word: shadowing
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Visitors to Cambodia have come away charmed by the lush beauty of the countryside and the smiling people. But the violent side of Cambodian life can manifest itself almost without warning. "Cambodians have this darkness, which is part of the shadow of their sweetness," says David Chandler, who has written a biography of Pol Pot and several histories of the country. "Many of us who keep going there still find it hard to understand." Chandler observes that Pol Pot, with his gentle voice, never failed to charm those he met. He liked to quote French poetry. This was the same...
...N.A.A.C.P. to revise its stance on integration is as likely as, say, the Sierra Club's changing its position on wilderness preservation. But the minority of N.A.A.C.P. members who believe that integration is undesirable or--in cities led by black elected officials--unnecessary will be casting a longer shadow than usual as the organization meets for its annual convention in Pittsburgh this week. N.A.A.C.P. elders prefer to see the airing of these ideas as a therapeutic exercise. "What we're trying to do is give these people respect, let them voice out their frustration, and then we state our position...
...mainland. Now the price of a lot is in the high five figures, as the town's permanent population of 6,000 swells to 300,000 at the peak of the summer. So lately the conversation is all about handling growth, about seasonal workers and traffic flow and the "shadow laws" that prevent builders from stacking high-rises so densely that they darken the shoreline. The resort town agreed to designate Coca-Cola the official drink at its festivals; that brings in $1 million over five years, enough to cut a penny from the property-tax rate. But Ocean City...
...After a best supporting actor nomination in 1945 for "The Story of G.I. Joe," Mitchum hit the A-list and worked constantly, starring in over 100 films, including "Cape Fear," "River of No Return," and "Ryan's Daughter." In all of them, he was Mitchum, from the film noir shadow-dwelling of his early stardom ("Out of the Past," "Where Danger Lives") to drama ("The Night of the Hunter") and western ("El Dorado" opposite a laconic John Wayne). He was Mitchum even on television's "The Winds of War," and he was Mitchum to the end, appearing as a rifle...
...when brute force is called for, she's ready. Early in her latest adventure, Shadow Woman (Random House; 350 pages; $22), a thug traps her in an elevator at a Las Vegas casino. She feigns ineffectuality, cringes, then breaks his leg and gouges an eye. As she starts to leave, he grabs her ankle hard (his grip "tightening like the jaws of an animal"), and she says to him, "Think. If you drag me back in there alone with you and your broken leg, are things going to get better for you, or worse?" Sweet reason prevails, and he lets...