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KISANGANI, Zaire: It's difficult for 100,000 people to vanish without a trace, but that's what's happened in eastern Zaire. Relief workers say several refugee camps, each of which held tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees only a few days ago, are entirely deserted -- and no one knows what happened to the people. Rebel forces had sealed the area off Monday, allegedly to protect the Rwandan Hutu refugees against rampaging villagers. When U.N. aide workers were allowed to return to the camps days later, no one was left. Refugees have abandoned the camps before, usually when rebels...
This a cappella piece consists of three different songs based on Bible texts taken from Psalms, Luke, Matthew and Deuteronomy. Each section has a distinctive feel, and in sequence they seem to trace the history of Brahms' own musical influences: From Handel and Bach in the first section to painfully beautiful dissonances in the second section, then segued into a characteristically Romantic polyphonic style for the last section...
...expect fantastic chemistry on Titan," says astronomer Steven Squyres of Cornell University. "I don't expect a trace of life." Others aren't so sure; if there's lightning in the Titanian atmosphere, it could energize organic molecules in a hurry. "I would be surprised if there is life on Titan," says astronomer Toby Owen of the University of Hawaii, "but we've been surprised by the solar system before...
...Narrative" is one of the most convincing, even if broad, themes that Phillips and Neri trace in the show. Kara Walker's black silhouettes applied directly to the Whitney's white walls depict surreal scenes from slavery in the Old South. Demonstrating a keen sensitivity to the 19th century African-American literary tradition, Walker's imagery slips between history and fantasy, redemption and horror. Her striking installation monopolizes the historic connotations and graphic irony of the cutpaper silhouette, which despite its crisp, precise line shadows its subjects and prevents full narrative disclosure. In addition, both Zoe Leonard's archive...
During the 1996 campaign, Democratic fund raisers recruited some donors who wanted something so badly that both donor and recipient agreed it might be better to keep the whole thing quiet. But "soft money" is easy to trace: the large unregulated contributions show up in FEC reports. So the Democratic National Committee buried the money trail, handing out lists of needy state parties so donors could funnel their money where it would be harder to find. In return, D.N.C. chairman Don Fowler and his staff made sure that assorted Chinese businessmen and now oil financiers got a hearing from...