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Pity Pervez Musharraf. For a military dictator torn between the forces of Islamic extremism and international opinion, even a trip to the museum is fraught. When the General opened Pakistan's National Art Gallery in August, he was confronted with gutsy pieces tackling an array of provocative subjects - from burqas to madrasahs to militarism. He paused for a long time at Left Right, a video installation about the omnipresence of Pakistan's army by the young artist Hamra Abbas, who depicts soldiers patrolling land, sea and desert...
...film has an authentic feel, thanks to its use of Afghan children in the lead roles and dialogue in the native tongue. But at heart it's a Victorian novel transposed to war-torn Afghanistan: Dickens spoken in Dari. Every atrocity endured in childhood will face an equal and opposing vengeance at the end; virtually every major character will reappear later; family relationships are not what they seem. Readers (and viewers) don't love books (and movies) like The Kite Runner in spite of these clichés but because of them. The fierce tidying up of ancient grievances allows...
...Rookie of the Year last season, scoring 15.6 points per game mostly by hoisting up a stunning 216 three-balls—and draining 43 percent of them. The league’s top freshman from the year before, Adam Gore, missed all of last season with a torn ACL, but he’s another guy who can score in bunches. And Louis Dale is a dynamic point guard with excellent rebounding skills for a six-footer.Cornell checks out well in the key indicators. Last season, it was second in the league in scoring margin, second in field-goal percentage...
...captain, she’s the one I go to to talk about anything.” It hasn’t always been easy for Hallion since she committed to Harvard and Delaney-Smith over four years ago. She sat out her entire freshman season with a torn ACL, but started 21 games as a sophomore on her way to a breakout junior year. She received All-Ivy League Second Team honors last season and was the team’s second-leading scorer with 12 points per contest, but it’s her passion for the game...
...planting a field of more than 3,500 flags - one for each of the American troops killed in Iraq- the elements began to take a toll. The baking sun and sudden storms of a Great Plains summer left the little flagsticks warped and broken and the fabric bleached and torn...