Word: unraveler
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...attempt, but many Colombians fear that the guerrillas aren't really serious about peace. Sureshot's snub makes the U.S. nervous as well. If Pastrana's efforts fail to hold Colombia together--if the FARC solidifies its sovereignty over coca-land--the U.S. war on drugs in Colombia could unravel. Washington spends more than $100 million annually to help Colombia's national police destroy coca crops but to little avail--largely because the FARC earns 40% of its estimated $1 billion annual income from a tax it levies on coca farmers to protect their harvests from government eradication...
With few clues to guide modern scientists, the origin and fate of the ancient rulers of Teotihuacan are a mystery to this day. But thanks to a discovery made this fall by an international research team, that mystery may finally be starting to unravel. In mid-October, archaeologists stumbled across a burial chamber deep inside Teotihuacan's massive Pyramid of the Moon. Inside they found a skeleton and more than 150 artifacts probably dating to about A.D. 150. It is, exults anthropologist Michael Spence of the University of Western Ontario, "a fantastic find...
Stopping by woods on a snowy day, three men discover a small, crashed plane that contains a dead pilot and a large sum of cash. They devise A Simple Plan to make off with the loot, and we are obliged to watch that plan unravel for what seems to be an eternity...
Professor Minow asks all the right questions, but it is not always easy to unravel her answers. Navigating through her short examples and the sea of names of victims and officials is sometimes difficult, and the first few chapters seem not to lead very clearly from one point to another. There is little sense of progression but rather a sense of increasing complication. There is also a distinct lack of narrative cohesion. We are never really brought close to the trials and the truth commissions--personal reflections or individual experiences are limited especially in the first few chapters, kept very...
...latter stalk the corridors of Manhattan, where career-obsessed Dena collapses from stress. She's forced finally to confront the hole at the middle of her existence: the unexplained disappearance of her mother when Dena was just 15. As the narrative shifts in time and place to unravel the mystery, the action is as shamelessly unsubtle as the characters are cliched. That said, this third novel from the author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is utterly irresistible. Its plot is so fast paced, readers may not even notice its weaknesses...