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...between two sets (Callie’s apartment and a hospital bed) and two distinct moments in time, shows the two ends of the story converging on the realization of their feelings. As the audience switches their attention from the first thrills of attraction to the aftermath of a violent crime, they become aware of the conflicting feelings the characters face when coming to terms with their relationship. Callie’s apprehension is played out perfectly by Flynn. The character of Callie is a complete departure from the infamous Mrs. Lovett she played earlier this year...
...about Obama's character and readiness to lead. Over the weekend, it unleashed a torrent of fresh attacks on Obama, including a claim by Palin on Saturday that Obama was someone who would "pal around with terrorists," a reference to Obama's limited relationship with William Ayers, a former violent antiwar activist who now works as a professor in Chicago. The claim, which is supported by campaign ads that ask "Who is Barack Obama?," follow a plan of attack that some Republicans outside the campaign have characterized as the "Manchurian candidate" strategy. By raising questions about Obama's past associations...
...38th. At the top of the table, meanwhile, were the perennial good performers of Africa: in order, Mauritius, the Seychelles, Cape Verde, Botswana and South Africa, whose economy is by far the largest in Africa and whose democracy is the biggest, although the country is afflicted by rampant violent crime...
...span several pages. The narrator’s thoughts may begin with the humorously carnal—“That Sunday I stayed in bed...fantasizing about Pilar, but not managing to concentrate long enough to jack off properly”—before bleeding into the violently physical—“[and] one testimony...of the civil registrar in a town called Totonicapán, an idiot whose foolish behavior led to them cutting off with a machete each and every one of his fingers, sliced off he saw his phalanges fall one by one?...
...rocketed. The primary strategic concern of the U.S. in the region appears to be rooting out al-Qaeda, which is why the U.S. military backed an Ethiopian invasion of Somalia to prevent a popular Islamist movement from taking power. But the Islamists remain powerful, and the still violent stalemate clouds any prospect of restoring law and order onshore. Although the pirates lack the quays to take the tanks ashore, and their clan affiliations make connections to the Islamists unlikely, the U.S.S. Howard sailed to within three miles of the Faina to ensure that the tanks did not fall into Islamist...