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...suspect that war cast a more subtle shadow on the Everest expedition. Those who were on the team knew what was really important. They had seen life held cheaply; they had witnessed bravery, nobility, horror, shame and sacrifice. I don't mean to imply that they were depressingly earnest. On the contrary, all accounts of the expedition revel in the fun the group had, with parties galore in Sherpa villages. But I doubt if anyone on the team thought he was doing anything more significant than climbing a mountain. Those men kept things in perspective. One of my single favorite...
...Life 2 (Valve, PC, September 2003) When it came to realistic graphics, many games tried to push the envelope this year. Only one took the envelope and tore it into tiny and perfectly paper-like shreds. The makers of this follow-up to 1998's hugely popular sci-fi horror Half Life border on the obsessive-compulsive with their attention to detail: human faces with more than 40 working muscles; characters that lip-synch their lines no matter what language they are speaking; objects like mattresses and wooden frames that, when shot, explode and shatter in the precise directions...
...likely to go unreported. I asked an elderly rice farmer near Lhokseumawe for his view of Indonesia's military strategy in the province. "To wipe out all Acehnese people," he replied simply. Meanwhile, bereaved villagers in Peusangan are developing strategies of their own to deal with the unfolding horror. Clutching her prayer book, Ramla, the grieving mother of 18-year-old Khairurrazi, explained: "We pray, the whole family together. We pray until we weep...
...Life 2 (Valve, PC, September 2003) When it came to realistic graphics, many games tried to push the envelope this year. Only one took the envelope and tore it into tiny and perfectly paper-like shreds. The makers of this follow-up to 1998's hugely popular sci-fi horror Half Life border on the obsessive-compulsive with their attention to detail: human faces with more than 40 working muscles; characters that lip-synch their lines no matter what language they are speaking; objects like mattresses and wooden frames that, when shot, explode and shatter in the precise directions...
...guard the entrance to Baghdad University, but al-Bayati, who gained his freedom in October 2002 in a general amnesty granted by Saddam and has returned to the school, says he is trapped in the past. His tormentors are still in power on the wooded campus. And, to his horror, the U.S. occupiers who are trying to reopen the university are working closely with officials there who colluded with the old regime. "Americans are dealing with the wrong people," says al-Bayati. "They were tools of Saddam Hussein who sat on our chests for 35 years...