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...years, Gurr has labored in the solitary trade of turning the lightning strike of a single image, perhaps inspired by an incident like the one above, into plays. But it's not all that he's been doing. He's freelanced as a political speechwriter, teacher, radio program host, bit-part actor and inveterate agitator. In his new memoir Days Like These (Melbourne University Press; 285 pages) Gurr reveals what's been going on in the rooms of his mind and casts his wisdom to the world beyond the writer's sanctuary. This form, he says, is radically different territory...
...seconds into the game and coasting from there. Thirteen different players factored in the scoring, and seven recorded multiple points. The other offensive star was senior Katie Johnston, who logged a hat trick of her own—the first of her career—with the quick strike to open the scoring in the first, a perfectly executed 2-on-1 with sophomore Sarah Wilson later in the period, and a scorching wrister in the third. “It feels good,” Johnston said of the hat trick. “We have...
...Pakistani military air strike on a pro-Taliban religious school in the country's volatile North West Frontier Province has set off a flurry of protest in Pakistan, and threatens to stoke the fires of local insurgency against the central government. It has also raised questions about the target and authors of the assault...
...result, the political-advertising phenomenon of 2006: almost all of the best ads this year, in both the Senate and House races, have been Democratic counterpunches. Of course, it is easier to strike back at an exhausted opponent, and 2006 may be remembered as the year that the Reagan Revolution finally crested and began to recede...
...although both allied with Fox's party against the challenge of the leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) - gave no indication Saturday whether he would stay put in office now that Fox has exerted control in the state. Ruiz's troubles began when Oaxaca's poorly paid teachers went on strike last June, accusing Ruiz of authoritarian rule and neglect of the poor and indigenous citizens. Their walkout became more strident and violent as more radical forces - including the APPO - joined in to call attention to Mexico's sharp and growing social divide between haves and have-nots. (Mexico...