others via satellite links ... telephones and facsimile machines whirring and humming helicopters buzzed in and out of the conference sitethis was not an accidentthis was expected by side or another concrete-bollarded and surrounded by army vehicles in convoy , with police protecting the buildings and streets beyond , helicopters landed and took-off : at the international economic conference ... the most well known and many totally unknown faces exchanged formalities ; beckoning each other forward , back , or sidewards in gestures of power-broking and politicking : not even they know what is going-onwhat is going-downthey were made to laugh , coyly in public ; at comments made amongst each other , shook hands , and slapped-backs : press-conference and delegate meetings bull-dozed-in ... demonstrators bull-dozed-out ...