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...waging war on Iraq, Bush didn't prove he would do whatever it takes to keep America safe. He showed only that he is adept at linking two entirely unrelated issues (Iraq and 9/11) and getting the media to help him do it--over and over again. HEATHER FLYNN Portland...
...true that our country was founded and dominated by white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, many of whom were literate, democratically inclined on good days, and adept at making money,” Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs John H. Coatsworth wrote in an e-mail to The Crimson...
...remarkably profound understanding of human emotion. Particularly strong is Pak’s sympathy towards the challenges of motherhood, expressed in the film’s most effective segment, “My Robot Baby,” wherein a mother adopts a mechanical baby to prove herself adept at adoption. When the baby starts to break down, the mother faces a frightening and poignant dilemma. Runs through March 18. Tickets $9. 5:45 pm and 9:30 pm. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline...
...hear Maori claims for redress, successive governments have invested the treaty with near-constitutional mystique. So far, of a thousand claims registered, only a quarter have been heard. The claims process has given rise to a wealthy Maori elite of lawyers, politicians and cultural consultants. Some have grown adept, Brash says, at interpreting the document to suit their own purposes. "This generation of New Zealanders recognized that there were wrongs in the past," says mayor Harrison, "and they wanted to set things right. But the claims have got more and more outrageous. Groups keep coming back for more. As that...
Soon Cindy realized she missed her "security blanket," so she started stashing again, this time with her husband's knowledge. Last summer, when he decided to save for a trip to Israel with their son, her husband started his own stash. "He's not half as adept at it as I am," Cindy says, laughing. That's why she decided to help him out. Tucked into this year's birthday card was her contribution to his private cache: three crisp $100 bills...