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...Dorian Gray idea gained impetus when Bourne read Christopher Booker's The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories and learned that Wilde's novel (which Booker describes as a "black fairy tale") headed the list of classic tragedies. And then there was the accidental death earlier this year of the actor Heath Ledger. "You have this beautiful, talented being dropped into another world - Hollywood - where everyone wants to get in with you," says Bourne. "Would he have died if he'd stayed in Australia, I wonder, or was he a victim of modern celebrity...
...Kaczynski, a longtime supporter of the shield, said the crisis in Georgia - which, like Poland, is an ex-communist country turned U.S. ally - prompted the government to cut protracted negotiations short and ink the deal. "I believe that the events in Georgia caused the government finally to understand that black is black and white is white," Kaczynski told Polish television...
...Jamaican prime minister. "The shops will be shut down, people will be partying in the streets," says Elliott. It's a seminal moment, mon. "This is the greatest sports accomplishment in Jamaica's history," says Paul McFarlane, a member of the healthy contingent of Jamaica fans who wore green, black, and gold in the Beijing stands. "We're just a tiny dot in the world, but now we can say we have the fastest man on the planet. Can it get any better than that...
...Throughout the city on Tuesday, glittering piles of broken glass mixed with masonry were heaped in streets lined with gutted houses. Where fierce battles were fought, holes as big around as a man have been blasted into walls - black scorch marks and the almost geometric pattern of flying shrapnel ringing the holes...
...Wednesday night, the U.S. Navy was making clear that it had no ships headed toward the Black Sea. On Thursday morning, Gates made it clear that the humanitarian effort - limited so far to a pair of C-17s bringing shelter, clothing and medicine to Tibilisi - wasn't quite as brawny as the commander-in-chief had suggested. In fact, it is all happening "under the direction of the State Department," he noted...