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...have found no evidence that he stayed at a Paris hotel. This has spooked the French police, who are convinced that the bomb was made locally, implying the existence of an unknown terrorist cell in Paris. "He stayed with someone," says an investigator. "When we find that bit of thread and pull it, a lot of larger tissue will unwind...
...documents they needed to plan and carry out strikes. While Cherifi's arrest is important, police claim he was only part of a larger system that continues to operate without him. If French authorities are right, Sept. 11 was not the culmination of a single plot but just one thread in a much larger fabric of terror that is still unfolding...
...HIRE In five short online films by directors including Ang Lee and Guy Ritchie, a chauffeur undertakes different missions. The common thread: spare story lines, action, high production values...oh, and the car. BMW aimed the pricey campaign at computer-addicted upscale buyers. For everyone else, it was reason to shell out--for high-speed Internet hookups...
...father’s India. In England, he can never elude his Indian background, try as he might to shed it. And in Mozambique, he lives the life of a perpetual guest, a longtime stranger whose intimacy with his neighbors is limited by his multiethnic past. The red thread of the narrative—which varies subtly in style and voice, as well as location—is Willie’s inner self, the half a life that remains constant inside, while the outer layer varies to suit its setting and audience...
...feminine bent. Not so Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold”—this slightly mournful folk song she warps into a blistering Valkyrie ride atop distorted guitars and multi-layered wailing vocals. At this point one starts to lose the supposed thread of the album—“Heart of Gold” is no more obviously about women, or men, than, say, “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.” The Boomtown Rats?...