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...terrorists usually follow assassinations with explanations. The country's deadliest group, the Revolutionary Organization 17 November, is religious about ringing 929-6001 and notifying the Eleftherotypia, an Athens daily, of the whereabouts of its proclamations. But on the night of June 8, that decades-old practice took an unconventional twist. Fourteen hours after gunmen pumped four bullets into Brigadier Stephen Saunders, Britain's top military envoy to Athens, 17 November rang the cell phone of an Eleftherotypia staff writer. Apparently the terrorists were aware that police had, for the first time ever, tapped the newspaper's telephones. "If this leak...
...much as you burned me, baby/I should be ashes by now." Womack attacks these bruised sentiments in a voice that carries odd echoes: Dolly Parton without the wink and giggle, Alison Krauss after three years of therapy. Womack can play a tune choir-girl straight or give it a twist of bluegrass (which she can not only sing but also singe with wildfire intensity). Each rendition has the clarity of a soul that realizes loss is a form of purification, a scraping away of false ideals and excess emotional baggage...
...Many use the time for research or vacation, so they are not free to teach," says Dean of Students in the Summer School Christopher Queen. "We can't twist anyone's arm if they aren't available...
FLIP TAX Property flipping--buying a home, renovating it and reselling it at a higher price--is smart business. But a recent Senate investigation found that this practice--with a fraudulent twist--is on the rise in major cities. Shady brokers are flipping properties using inflated appraisals and falsified renovation documents. Be sure to check out mortgage lenders and brokers as well as the property, or hire a closing attorney...
...deft mood setting and the canny vignettes of young love and adult rancor. Fernan Gomez, nearly 60 years in films, carries himself (and the film) with the dignity of a gifted gentleman who knows how to transmit joy and endure suffering. Butterfly is a savory cocktail with a bitter twist...