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...Chris Rhodes. But as he stares into the spilled amphibian guts he becomes overwhelmed by a dark premonition: "I felt like I was looking into the future?and the future looked pretty messed up." Overwhelmed, Keith passes out on the floor as a swirl of images, including a foot with a gash and a hand covering a pubis, swirl before him, setting the tone of intense sexual danger that hangs over the book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Trip Through a 'Black Hole' | 10/21/2005 | See Source »

...introduced in the earliest chapters. Black Hole may be the most Freudian graphic novel you will every read. Dreams and symbols play a major role the development of character and theme. Vaginal-like openings appear in such forms as branches being pushed aside or a cut on someone's foot. Guns and serpents make for opposing sexual symbolism. While such imagery has been used before, Burns smartly applies them in ways unique to the medium, integrating them into the very design of the book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Trip Through a 'Black Hole' | 10/21/2005 | See Source »

...oversaw the protection of refugees displaced by conflicts like the Gulf War and strife in the Balkans. During this time, she often confronted world leaders who were reluctant to commit to an international relief effort. “I know how to push,” the five-foot-tall Ogata said, speaking of her negotiation style. She added, “I do it a bit more quietly.” Ogata emphasized the importance of trust and reliability, rather than pressure, in negotiations. Chair of PON, Robert H. Mnookin ’64, wrote on the program?...

Author: By Jillian M. Bunting, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ogata Receives HLS Award | 10/21/2005 | See Source »

...most of the time since then, U.S. officials have accused Netanyahu of foot-dragging. But gradually, after the September miniwar between Israeli and Palestinian security forces, the Israeli Prime Minister began to grasp the price of constantly frustrating Palestinian aspirations, thereby incurring U.S. and international disapprobation. At the same time, buoyed by Palestinian and foreign support that followed the September conflagration, Arafat turned tough and instructed his negotiators to remain steely in the Hebron talks. The result was that the Palestinians won a number of concessions. Most significant, the Israelis gave up their insistence on obtaining an explicit right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WITH PEACE IN THE CROSS FIRE | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...then it was Arafat's turn to foot-drag. He withheld instructions to close, fearing that a Hebron agreement would lift international pressure on Israel and free Netanyahu to accelerate building in Jewish settlements in the West Bank as well as slow action to fulfill Israel's commitment to expand Palestinian autonomy further. Netanyahu fanned Palestinian concern about the settlements when his government on Dec. 13 restored to those communities large public subsidies that had been revoked by the previous government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WITH PEACE IN THE CROSS FIRE | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

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