Word: starks
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...eerily well-timed group show at London's Aicon Gallery features the work of Ijaz ul-Hassan, famous as much for his activism as for his art. Imprisoned for his political activities under President Zia ul-Haq, Hassan paints scenes of street violence and government-sanctioned thuggery as stark and bold as tabloid stills. A View Through a Window shows a goon with a gun and blood-spattered clothes looming over a corpse, watched by respectful policemen. Another Madonna, in which a wailing mother huddles over her three dead sons, their faces daubed in the emerald green of the Pakistani...
...prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, is engaged in acts of futility. Don Quixote fought imaginary enemies represented by windmills, while Moreno-Ocampo is fighting the world's worst real enemies: those who commit crimes against humanity. We should cherish the unparalleled moral clarity of Moreno-Ocampo, who provides stark contrast to other officials, like the recently appointed Attorney General, who refused to say whether or not waterboarding is torture...
...Crimson (1-2, 0-0 Ivy) failed to find the bottom of the net or its stride all night. Not much better, the Stags (3-0, 0-0 MAAC) made 46.2 percent of their field goals but went 68.8 percent on opportunities from the charity stripe—a stark contrast to Harvard’s abyssmal 33.3 percent clip from the line.“We can’t shoot 4-of-12 [from the line] in our own gym, especially,” co-captain Lindsay Hallion said. “Just between shots we normally make...
...challenge,” Hahn said. “It was an electric environment—it felt like a home game, and I think the guys really embraced it.”The energy from the crowd enabled the Crimson to light up Reese Stadium. In stark contrast to Yale’s offensive performance, the Crimson had nine shots on goal and a .643 shooting percentage.Akpan’s two assists and one goal caps a regular season in which he finished as the team’s leading scorer with 13 goals and nine assists.Perl...
...first novel “Beasts of No Nation” was also published in 2005. The London Times called Iweala “a confident and promising new voice” and the San Francisco Chronicle lauded “Beasts” as a “stark, vivid book.” While Krinsky writes about naked parties and men who shave their pubic hair, Iweala’s novel tackles where war and cruelty intersect and the way that people can be corrupted by circumstances. Enough said. Of course Harvard and Yale have produced comparably great...