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...Laden's senior operatives, Ramzi Binalshibh, held for interrogation at a safe house somewhere overseas. They played the 3-minute tape for Binalshibh, who has begun to spill secrets about al-Qaeda's inner workings since he was picked up last September in Pakistan. After listening to his old master pray for vengeance upon the U.S. and its allies, the terrorist let his guards know that what they had was authentic, a proof of life...
With varying degrees of success, photographers and filmmakers have sniffed for clues about the nature of the creative process by trying to catch painters in the act of making art. For his 1950 documentary, Visit to Picasso, Belgian filmmaker Paul Haesaerts asked the Spanish master to apply his magical brushstrokes to large glass plates as Haesaerts filmed from the other side. Around the same time, Hans Namuth was photographing Jackson Pollock from all angles as the American artist dripped, splashed and poured paint onto canvas. Fifteen years later, Milan photographer Ugo Mulas had something similar in mind when he asked...
...from the stands as Morris dunked from all angles and didn’t quite see the polished football player right then—couldn’t have, since Morris didn’t pick up football until 11th grade—but saw an athlete. Murphy, a master recruiter who has stolen players from the clutches of Nebraska and other big-time programs since taking over in 1994, has an eye for these sorts of things. Maybe he could sense the bloodlines—the grandfather who played for soccer’s Manchester United, the mother...
...spot with burgers, shakes and fries—he is oceans away. He stands behind a sushi bar draped in Japanese floral tapestry, lit by a calligraphied paper lamp and boasting a menu of lighter, more novel fare. Here he is Chef “Niku,” master of Sushi Sunday...
Kirkland House Resident Scholar Peter V. Emerson, whom Co-Master Verena A. Conley said was “instrumental” in inviting speakers to the House, emphasized the conversational nature of the series...