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Pulikovsky claims Kim encouraged him to write the account of the trip, saying, "There are too many mysteries about me; let the people know the truth." When Albright was in Pyongyang, Kim took her to a packed stadium to witness a mammoth, highly scripted display of support for the regime. "He took great personal pride in having choreographed a lot of it," she recalls. Albright concluded that Kim saw himself as a director of a great drama, someone with a flair if not a weakness for the big show. Certainly that is a trait on display now. --With reporting...
...homegrown, top killers, or "shottas," are sometimes flown in from Jamaica to carry out assassinations. Although Britain's inner cities are not nearly as violent as America's, the combination of guns, drugs and gang culture makes for a volatile atmosphere. In gangland interactions, perceived slights - over an inadequate display of "respect," say - can bring the guns out. One young Londoner says many of her friends have stopped going to parties because even a spilled drink can lead to a shooting. Police say some black inner-city youths use guns as fashion accessories. In London last year...
...China. It turns out that the Chinese make the best capitalists, and the most fervent believers in the Wal-Mart culture. At the store in Shenzhen, local managers hold Ping-Pong tourneys, stage fashion shows and have clerks hawk products like paper towels in front of a large display. And that's just on Tuesday. The store even has its own fight song, Marching Into a New Era. ("My heart is filled with pride ... I long to tell you how deep my love for Wal-Mart is ... ") Wal-Mart plans to increase this year, from 25 to 40, the number...
When officers arrived at Lamont around 3:20 p.m. on Wednesday after library staff requested assistance, Materna was “uncooperative and created a scene,” Catalano said. He added that Materna refused to display identification after several requests...
...Portrait Photographs by George Platt Lynes” is on display until Feb. 28 at the Harvard Theatre Collection in Pusey Library...