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...those are the problems of people who have begun to imagine that they may have the time to work them out. For healthy people, the future is elastic; it stretches before them to whatever length their peace of mind requires. In 1996 a lot of people with AIDS began to find some flexibility in their own dealings with time. "I don't think about the future past a manageable point," insists Caleb Schwartz. "I stopped doing that the day I got the news I was positive." But ask him bluntly whether he expects to be alive a few years from...
...four Sunnis executed for the Riyadh bombing was Khalid Said, 24. He had grown his beard in the Islamic way and cut his white cotton robe at calf length to symbolize the modesty of the Prophet Muhammad. Like 10,000 other young Saudis, he had signed up for Afghanistan and the holy war against the atheistic Soviets that was vigorously supported by the pious Saudi government. For Said, Afghanistan was akin to attending a university for terrorism and extremism. He learned to use a rifle and to prime explosives. He met militant Muslim activists from throughout the Middle East, listening...
...thieving-magpie budget. Over the years, Thomas claims, he stole more than $250,000 worth of goods for them. In the house, police found a stash of luxury items, some with price tags still attached. Among them: Baccarat crystal, a $2,490 Chanel cashmere sweater and a full-length white fox coat. He says the Dicks were fussy: James, for one, was not about to accept suits not labeled Armani...
...Venus. The true story of a 19th century Hottentot woman shipped from Africa to England and displayed as a freak was turned into a chilly but gripping play by Suzan-Lori Parks. The social commentary was kept at arm's length by her neo-Brechtian stylization; director Richard Foreman's deep-space staging (at New York City's Public Theater) made it haunting...
...celebrity client. When the spotlight-seeking Simpson returns to the stand to answer friendlier questions from his own lawyers, he could be less guarded and even more prone to missteps. Says Seidman: "When you rehabilitate a witness, you give him a little more leeway to explain things at greater length...