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...Taliban's final retreat was characteristically craven. Taliban sources told TIME that Omar "resisted handover until the end"--until his commanders turned against him--and then vanished. The bulk of the Afghan Taliban fled in the middle of the night to avoid reprisals by the tribal elders who immediately carved up the city. On liberation day Kandahar was as chaotic as it was joyous. Non-Taliban forces led by Mullah Naqib Ullah, an Omar backer and member of the Alokzai tribe who was handed control of part of the city, skirmished with men loyal to Sherzai trying to grab their...
...while Anderson and Wilson’s artistic tastes may correspond with each other, their sense of absurdist humor diverges from that of the pedestrian. Their past two feature films were far from mainstream, and have practically achieved cult status. However, both are also quick to avoid describing their work as quirky. Anderson elucidates, “I don’t like quirky at all. Quirky is the thing I want to not be. There’s no point in trying to be weird. But I think people think this [movie] stuff is quirky. [Owen...
...what you will about it, compelled the University to reconsider an issue that deserved reconsideration. Too often, I think, the University relies on the passage of time and the inevitable turnover of students to avoid addressing potentially embarrassing issues, and that seemed to be the tack taken by the administration all last year, when it ignored the efforts of students, faculty and workers to engage in dialogue about its employment practices. In the same vein, what best characterized last spring’s ordeal for me was not the protest activity but the University’s continuing, indifferent response...
Sacks grew up in an affluent Jewish household in London during the World War II—a story in itself—but was sent away to a country boarding school during the peak of the war to avoid the dangers of wartime. Psychologically abused by his headmaster, far from the comforts of home and the love of a fascinating, scientifically-inclined extended family that included doctors, mathematicians, chemists and mining consultants, Sacks sought a sense of security the only way he could—through scientific experimentation...
...Smith made the switch mainly because she felt it was too easy for the opposition to take away the team’s inside game by double-teaming its post players. With the flex offense, there is considerably more quick ball movement from side-to-side, so players can avoid double teams. The increased amount of motion in the flex makes the game more exciting for players and fans alike...