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Former soldier Carlisto "Lito" Afonza thought he was safe as he and his wife huddled in the rocky hills above Dili's outer western suburbs. Cradling their 18-month-old son, they listened anxiously to the almost continuous thunder of gunshots and exploding grenades that echoed around the ridges on April 29. "I had to go up onto the ridge because I was worried the grenades might land on my house," Afonza says...
...halls of the high school smell of perfume and bodily exhalations, of chewing gum and impure cafeteria food, and of cloth -cotton and wool and the synthetic materials of running shoes, warmed by young flesh. Between classes there is a thunder of movement; the noise is stretched thin over a violence beneath, barely restrained. Sometimes in the lull at the end of the school day, when the triumphant, jeering racket of departure has subsided and only the students doing extracurricular activities remain in the great building, Joryleen Grant comes up to Ahmad at his locker. He does track...
...fourth movement’s “Thunderstorm” was the most convincing with its crisp brass pronouncements of thunder and windy string runs...
...reference to a controversial paper authored by Kennedy School Academic Dean Stephen M. Walt and the University of Chicago political scientist John J. Mearsheimer that criticizes pro-Israel activists in the U.S.,— Dershowitz responded by saying, “You just stole my thunder.” Dershowitz argued that Pharaoh was simply responding to chemical and biological threats, the plagues of frogs, vermin, and boils. “It’s the policy of civilized nations not to give in to terrorism. Pharaoh did the right thing,” he said. Harris acknowledged that...
...their profession--or will soon reach that uncomfortable turning point--Gossage is after something simple: validation of a career, and life, well spent. He wants one last cheer, and his high-profile quest throws valuable light on some common nagging questions. Are up-and-comers out to steal our thunder? When we're not recognized for our achievements, does it pay to get angry? Am I living in the past when I still have much to offer and should be looking ahead? When is it time to move...