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Navy and Air Force to Play on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 22 Dec 2020 In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the United States Naval and Air Force academies will move their scheduled matchup on October 2, 2021, to September 11, 2021. CBS will televise the game. “This is an appropriate move for our country to have our Service Academies play on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 in celebration of our armed forces,” Air Force Athletic Director Nathan Pine said in a statement. “The game will be a fitting way to showcase the amazing future leaders of character from both acade...

Best John Le Carré Adaptations Ranked Best John Le Carré Adaptations Ranked AMC By Michael Bodhi Green/Dec. 21, 2020 8:19 pm EDT/Updated: Dec. 21, 2020 8:31 pm EDT Given how subtle and literary his many espionage novels are, it's a little amazing that the work of British author John le Carré (who died recently at 89) has been adapted into movies and television so often, with a new adaptation of his most famous early novel, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, set to arrive in 2021. Le Carré heroes certainly aren't men of action — the protagonist of many of his novels, t...

How to Start Reading John le Carré If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. John le Carré, the acknowledged sage of espionage fiction, had the literary equivalent of perfect pitch. Not only was he adept at mimicry, especially of the English upper class; he knew why and how to use it to decimate hypocrisy. Le Carré died Dec. 12, and it’s safe to say the world will never see his like again, because his powers arose from unique, irreplaceable circumstances. Born David Cornwell in 1931, he was the son ...

10 ways of getting to know John le Carré Bethanne Patrick © (Antonin Kratochvil / Associated Press) John Le Carre in Cornwall, Great Britain, 2003. The preeminent author of Cold War spy novels died Dec. 12. (Antonin Kratochvil / Associated Press) John le Carré, the acknowledged sage of espionage fiction, had the literary equivalent of perfect pitch. Not only was he adept at mimicry, especially of the English upper class; he knew why and how to use it to decimate hypocrisy. Le Carré died Dec. 12, and it’s safe to say the world will never see his like again, because his ...