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...each exploratory scene, a spotlight flashes from above and shrill, discordant noise blares. Ba’al alone suffers these sensorial punishments or pangs of conscience. In time, the sounds amplify and the lights blind as Ba’al fully transforms into the destructor fathomed by the ballim...
...disc is sheer, unadulterated pleasure. Here, Scott digs deep into the bag of Baduisms and comes up with her own brand of sweet, sweet soul. This disc is so understated and mellow that it almost sounds as though a different singer has commandeered the spotlight after the exhausting pitch of the live material. “Gotta Get Up” is a classic soul song that might have been a Curtis Mayfield cover were it not for the reference to “staying at home and playing video games.” Even the additional live track...
...Once, athletes who competed in the Olympics wandered more or less freely in their host cities, soaking up local atmosphere and mingling with spectators. But terrorists at the 1972 Munich Games changed all of that, kidnapping 11 Israeli athletes and forcing security into the spotlight...
...Military brass at the Guantanamo naval base took pains over the weekend to spotlight the dietary, medical and religious provisions made for the captives. Congress, meanwhile, is poised to approve construction of new prison units at Guantanamo designed with terrorist detention in mind - a project that could turn Gitmo, until last month a neglected Caribbean naval station, into a key military Alcatraz. "We're going to be in this sort of thing for a long time," said Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. And that includes, it seems, the disagreement over how to label these prisoners as well as house them...
...Eight of the 13 accused are from the Malay minority; six of the eight had served in the armed forces. (National service is compulsory for male citizens.) That has turned a spotlight on a touchy topic: Where do the loyalties of the Malay minority, which forms about 14% of the population, ultimately lie? The Malay community has made progress in recent years, in universities and in the job market. But it is still poorer than the other two major ethnic groups, Chinese and Indians, and tops the list of the government's carefully compiled stats on divorce rates and drug...