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...last week she and thousands of other Tamil civilians had nowhere else to run, caught between the Tamil Tigers and the advancing Sri Lankan government forces working to retake all the land that has been under rebel control since early 2008. Her village, Periyatampanei, was once part of a vast swath of Tiger territory, but upon the first signs of danger last March, she and her family moved deeper into Tiger-held areas. But after fleeing 90 miles (150 km) over the course of 13 months, Rageswari finally crossed the frontlines last week - dodging gunfire from the Tigers, according...
...most backcountry scenarios there is no absolutely correct way to behave. "Looking at it this way would put you on a slippery slope," he says. "What is a enough knowledge then, and what is not?" And despite the roiling debates and media scrutiny, he emphasizes that the vast majority of people who take to the outdoors return home safely...
...Other Half Loves, Absurd Person Singular, and The Norman Conquests trilogy. More recently, several of Ayckbourn's later plays (Comic Potential, Private Fears in Public Places) and more flamboyant experiments (Intimate Exchanges, the play with 16 permutations) have been given major New York productions. In between, however, lies a vast expanse of Ayckbourn masterpieces that have rarely if ever been seen in the U.S. (Read TIME's report: "Alan Ayckbourn: Man of the Moment...
...most jaded and curmudgeonly among us, completely irresistible. Fished, seemingly, from the bottom of the troll pond by Britain's Got Talent, these two humble, working-class, physically ill-favored souls were suddenly found to be capable of creating things of astonishing beauty. People reacted as if vast quantities of treasure were discovered in the trunk of a broken-down Hyundai abandoned on their street. It was always there, but nobody had ever bothered to look. Thanks to that grouchy Simon Cowell (and YouTube), the two amateur singers each became overnight sensations, bringing lumps to the throats and surreptitious wiping...
...need an upgraded electrical grid to take full advantage of the vast renewable resources in this country," Vice President Joe Biden said last week in Jefferson City, Mo., outlining a $3.3 billion Department of Energy plan to develop smart-grid technology...