Word: underground
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...dedication to using comix to foment social change, or at least keep social inequities on the table, makes him one of a long history of politically aware comix makers. Of his two latest books, "Sticks and Stones" will likely age as poorly as the anti-Nixon spoofs from the underground era, but "The Jungle" successfully mixes both artistic and political agendas into a new work of engaged literature...
...from the Yard, a ragtag band of independent record stores serves the most musically sophisticated—or technologically outdated—Cantabrigians. Specializing in new and used CDs and vinyls at discount prices, these stores carry everything from early 1930s Jazz to the latest in underground techno. And though Newbury Comics maintains a carefully constructed bohemian vibe, the real deal can only be found in the endangered species of Mom-and-Pop record shops. So throw on your vintage rock concert tee, turn off that free jazz record and prepare yourself for musty rooms stuffed with...
...current research budget for those weapons, designed to penetrate underground caches of chemical or biological weapons, is only $35 million...
...enforcement officials tell TIME that information from computer files seized with the group revealed plans for specific attacks in London, including "blowing up high-rise buildings housing multinational companies" by driving bomb-laden cars into underground garages. Other targets included the Heathrow Express, a rail line between the airport and London, and an unspecified synagogue. There were also plans for "hijacking a gasoline tanker and smashing it into a building." The British cell leader, Dhiren Barot--a.k.a. Issa al-Hindi--traveled to New York City in early 2001, according to The 9/11 Commission Report, "to case potential economic and 'Jewish...
...authorities. The pair, both 43, have eluded police for more than 12 years. Raids of six other French houses on Oct. 3 turned up firearms, ammunition, 700 kg of dynamite, hundreds of detonators, two portable ground-to-air rockets, an underground firing range and stores of cash. One French investigator with long ETA experience says the group "will find it harder than ever to strike now that its leaders and arms have been hit again." But he also notes ETA has continually bounced back from previous blows - and says discovery of such a mighty arsenal suggests it had been preparing...