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...killing on Tuesday of industry minister and anti-Syrian legislator Pierre Gemayel is a stark reminder that Lebanon's politicians remain as vulnerable as ever despite an array of security precautions. Some spend most of their time in well-protected homes surrounded by sealed-off streets; others rely on armed bodyguards or have switched smoked-glass limousines for nondescript vehicles or armor-plated SUVs. Mosbah Ahdab, a Sunni legislator from Tripoli and a member of the anti-Syrian parliamentary bloc, has lived under the threat of assassination for more than two years. "I take precautions," he says in an interview...
...Disappeared" [Nov. 6], Aparisim Ghosh's gripping story about the stark reality of the underworld of kidnapping and torture in Iraq, made me angry. If people in the region had sympathy for their neighbors, such criminality would not be tolerated. Yet greed and willful neglect of morals and humanity rule the day. What a sad state of affairs...
...knows what he wants. so when the legendary actor decided to create a top-notch restaurant adjoining the Westport Country Playhouse?the renowned Connecticut theater run by his wife, actress Joanne Woodward?he had ideas for what one should see, smell and taste. One architect sketched plans for a stark space, all stainless steel and alabaster white. "Paul flipped out!" says chef Michel Nischan. "He wanted very country and very warm...
...accomplished running back the Ivy League has ever seen.But on Saturday, Clifton Dawson might not have even been the best tailback on the field.Although Yale tailback Mike McLeod’s 2.6 yards per carry average only slightly bettered Dawson’s 2.5 yards per carry, there were stark contrasts in the players’ performances.McLeod found the endzone three times in the Bulldogs’ decisive 34-13 rout of the Crimson at Harvard Stadium, compared to a single touchdown jaunt for Dawson. Despite the fact that the run was good enough to move Dawson...
...human capacity for compassion in terms that will resonate with modern audiences.After releasing a spate of mostly excellent samurai flicks starring fearless Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa snuck in “High and Low,” a challenging work that raised questions of morality through the stark, visceral imagism of his earlier works “Rashomon” and “Ikiru.”The film revolves around a misunderstanding. A rich businessman is caught in the middle of a company coup and believes that kidnappers have captured his son. He’s ready...