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...self-sufficient and proud nomadic society: a solemn young widow receiving a ceremonial staff topped with a bundle of string and her husband's finger bone; hunters gliding stealthily on canoes through the giant Arafura Swamp. Particularly powerful are the portraits, so different from the era's stiff poses? of Aborigines like clan leader Wonggu: lively, strong people, clearly at ease with the photographer. Back in Melbourne, Thomson urged segregation for the region - to no avail, despite his warnings about European and Japanese fishermen bringing alcohol and encouraging prostitution. In 1942 he returned north to set up a secret reconnaissance...
...against Kerry is a matter of character, not substance. Edwards hinted at it with his "longest answer" line: not only does Kerry have a flannel-mouthed inability to utter a simple sentence, but his orotundities also serve to reinforce the notion that the Senator from Massachusetts is a patrician stiff, too smug to speak in a manner decipherable by ordinary Americans. In fairness, John Kerry has been as sick as a dog these past few weeks and duller than he might ordinarily be--but there was a real sense last week that Kerry, assuming victory, had lapsed into flabby aristocratic...
Despite the disappointing absence of jammies, the atmosphere at The Living Room, located on Atlantic Ave. near the Aquarium, was cozy. We were given the choice of two eating areas, the bar area and the sit-down restaurant room, but stiff dining room chairs just aren’t appealing that early in the morning. We opted for the roomy bar area, where six or seven comfy couches and a number of easy chairs bask in streams of natural light. A big screen television in the corner projects the latest CNBC headlines. Across the room are two empty bars with...
From inside the hessian sack comes a low growl. Wildlife biologist Nick Mooney reaches in and carefully pulls out a Tasmanian devil, the largest carnivorous marsupial, a halo of stiff whiskers framing bright brown eyes and rich, dark fur; an open mouth revealing sharp teeth. Tasmania is famed as much for its creatures as its landscapes, and chief in this unique menagerie is the devil, reportedly so named by early settlers, who were rattled by its ferocity and the ungodly sounds of its squabbles over food. Few ever get this close to the stocky, dog-like creature, which scavenges...
...being investigated, allegedly provided bogus municipal jobs to seven officials of Chirac's Gaullist Party, whose salaries were funneled back into party coffers. French parties long relied on such illegal schemes for funding, but until last week few political heavyweights had been convicted for it. But Juppé's stiff sentence may mark a turning point in the way France deals with the casual corruption that has disfigured the country's politics for decades. Juppé's punishment - which also included an 18-month suspended prison term - suggests that courts plan to get tough on corruption. Some voters interpreted Jupp...