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...colors that Hamad Alokzai noticed. The gaunt Afghan, with a beard like matted wool and gaudy silver rings on his fingers, had returned to Afghanistan from exile in Quetta, Pakistan, to check on his former comrades. On Thursday night he sat with his old Taliban commander under blankets in a pickup truck, safely tucked away in the hills outside Kandahar. "The bombs make a sound, then you see green lights falling through the sky," the commander told Alokzai. "The missiles have flashing yellow lights." That night, Alokzai counted 30 missiles striking targets around the city: "It was like Kandahar...
...excessive violence, whereas here, in restrained Victorian England, with the slums looking cleaner than ever; much remains sanitized until all hell breaks loose. That the brothers are gifted natural filmmakers is evidenced as when the first victim succumbs in a murky alleyway, and all we see is a gleaming silver knife flashing out of the gloom. The shot’s effectiveness lies in the stark contrast between light and dark, inverting a symbol by making a gleaming, bright element an instrument of death. The fact that the action remains largely unseen and the physical effect plays...
...men’s side, Xeno Mueller, last year’s runner-up in the Challenge, begins at the front of the pack. Mueller, from Switzerland, was the Olympic single sculls silver medalist in 2000 and the champion in 1996. Lightweight Steve Tucker of Medford, a five-time member of U.S. national teams including the 2000 Olympic team and a local rowing community favorite, starts after Mueller. Norway’s Olaf Tufte is third in starting order, as the 2001 FISA World Rowing Champion and the silver medalist in double sculls in the 2000 Olympic games...
...national men’s eight, rowing under USRowing, is the six-time defending champion and has earned the first bow number. Deutscher Ruderverband, the German national team, has the second start. Another top competitor in this event is the Croatian Rowing Federation, the silver medallists in this year’s World Championships...
...women garbed in hooded, harlequin robes marched down the middle aisle of Tercentary Theatre to crown a new leader. As the parade began, masses of eager students and onlookers clustered in the audience around flags emblazoned with their Houses to join in the festivities. There was an exchange of silver keys, and the President sat in a magical chair that conferred great power upon him. Meanwhile, a redbrick gate outside carefully concealed the proceedings from the oblivious Muggle passersby...