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...Rehr invokes the tone of post 9/11 New York by drawing "Tuesday" in black and white, with a light grey wash for highlights. (The artwork throughout has a richness of detail that adds tremendously to the verisimilitude of the story.) The covers feature atmospheric, nearly depopulated "snapshots" of the city: a rainy Park Avenue looking south to Grand Central Station; Central Park's ice-skating rink with just a few dots of people on it. Throughout the story, the disaster's aftermath asserts itself on the lives and psyche of the characters. The story takes place during a snowy weekend...
...trilogy of shorts acquired by broadcaster sbs, to the cerebral palsy of Cousin (1998) and asthmatic fits of Brother (1999). But more often than not, they don't. "When I was older, my auntie drank rat poison and died," says the narrator of Uncle, which sets the tone in the Elliot oeuvre for outlandish deaths. As for the carnage in Krumpet, Harvie's parents are found frozen naked on their bike, Dr. Angela Greystane dies horribly from emphysema, the cancer-ward nurse Harvie marries collapses from a brain clot, fellow retiree Wilma overdoses on morphine - and that's not counting...
...nearly $1 million of company money renovating luxury apartments, passing the charge on as repairs to the corporate headquarters; Petersson and Sp?ng are also being investigated for taking $42 million in bonus payments that allegedly weren't authorized by the board of directors. The story took on a grim tone when Jan Wangärd, a Skandia executive who reportedly benefited from the controversial bonus program, hung himself in a Stockholm hotel. Petersson has been questioned twice by police, most recently last week. "The accusations are false," says Christer Brantheim, a lawyer for Petersson. Mats Willman, lawyer for Sp?ng, calls...
...have to give back." His most recent student: Jonathan Ahdout, 14, who plays Behrani's son and found Kingsley an eager mentor. "One of the tips that really helped me was not to act at all," Ahdout says. "He opened his arms to me as a father," setting the tone for the relationship. By the time they filmed the scenes that show the depth of Behrani's love for his son, says Kingsley, "neither of us was acting." Hear the primal wail that seems to come from the most desperate corner of Behrani's soul, and you'll believe...
...first two games of the season, the Crimson set the tone for what was to come, trouncing Union 13-0 on Nov. 7 and then again 11-0 on Nov. 8 . The women’s hockey team scored more goals that weekend—22—than the Harvard football team had points—13 in a 16-13 defeat at Columbia...