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...years. Those few square miles of north Belfast around Holy Cross are notorious for sectarian hatred. A fifth of all the killings in Northern Ireland's conflict have happened here. But the terrified, tear-streaked faces of little girls cowering beside their frightened parents left people profoundly shocked. The sight of grown men and women, their faces distorted by hatred, hurling curses, stones and even a pipe bomb in the direction of children evoked uncomfortable comparisons with the desegregation conflicts of the American South in the 1960s. It was too much even for some longtime veterans of the Troubles. Billy...
...approve paparazzi shots from the Rome of La Dolce Vita. All the same, she's forceful when she needs to be and cunning when the occasion calls for it. When your job requires you to borrow pictures from collectors who might hate to let them out of their sight, or to beat the competition in organizing a hot show, the occasion often calls...
Take a peek under your desk. See that snarl of cables, leads, paper clips and lost printouts cascading from the butt end of your PC? Well, etch the ugly sight into your memory for nostalgic reference. Computer cables are going the way of eight-tracks, pet rocks and typewriters. A wireless revolution is seeping into our homes, schools, offices and gathering points very quietly, and setting up what appears to be a face-off between two competing technical standards...
...chose a three-day trip aboard a junk called the Huang Hai. The sight of her great red cotton sails, hand-stitched with silk, was too picturesque to refuse. So it was something of a disappointment to discover the sails were pure decoration: diesel engines power the vessel. Other modernizations, however, met with wholehearted approval. Below deck, the Huang Hai is loaded with creature comforts. It has eight twin-bedded cabins with attached bathrooms and hot showers. Inside the pilot's hatch is a consoling array of gadgetry, including a global positioning satellite system. And the galley is a paneled...
...years. Those few square kilometers of north Belfast around Holy Cross are notorious for sectarian hatred: a fifth of all the killings in Northern Ireland's conflict have happened there. But the terrified, tear-streaked faces of little girls cowering beside their frightened parents left people profoundly shocked. The sight of grown men and women, faces distorted by hatred, hurling curses, stones and even a pipe bomb in the direction of children evoked uncomfortable comparisons with the desegregation conflicts of the American south in the 1960s. It was too much even for some longtime veterans of the Troubles. Billy Hutchinson...