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...geopolitical situations are ever the same, of course, and comparisons are apt to be misleading. Still, it's hard to avoid the similarity between Musharraf's domestic political situation and Arafat's - even in the tactics adopted by their domestic opponents. Musharraf's strategic choice to align with the U.S. against al-Qaeda involved a wrenching 180-degree turnabout for the Pakistani security establishment that is his power base. Pakistan's intelligence service and military had nurtured the Taliban, helped it win power and fight off its enemies. The camps run by al-Qaeda had also been used, with...
...Examples of how the bureaucracy of decentralization stymies cross-disciplinary studies abound: the cross-registration process is inefficient, there is no centralized calendar of events for all schools, the schools are on different academic schedules and combined degree programs are often an administrative headache for students. The University should align the academic calendars of all of its graduate schools —or at minimum, put all classes on the same time schedule. It should reduce barriers to cross-registration, allow cross-registration on the web and publish a centralized calendar of events at Harvard, searchable by topic, and available...
...though Johnson is using surface for surface’s sake. Both offer different pastiches of personalized images, but Johnson distances his viewers by asserting that perhaps from his work, an understanding cannot be derived. Bergstein encourages his spectator to share in his mind. Consequently, the two artists align more visually than thematically. One out of two ain?...
...first Reid did not align himself with extremist groups. On leaving prison in 1994, he gravitated to the Brixton Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center, a rundown Victorian house in the heart of black London. The Brixton mosque has a reputation for homeyness. Each morning children stream into the mosque's schools, brought by mothers in head scarves or veils. The mosque doesn't ask many questions about a believer's past. When you come to Islam, says the mosque's chairman, Abdul Haqq Baker, you make a fresh start. Each Friday 400 to 500 worshippers attend prayers, the majority...
...first Reid did not align himself with extremist groups. On leaving prison in 1994, he gravitated to the Brixton Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center, a rundown Victorian house in the heart of black London. The Brixton mosque has a reputation for homeyness. Each morning children stream into the mosque's schools, brought by mothers in head scarves or veils. The mosque doesn't ask many questions about a believer's past. When you come to Islam, says the mosque's chairman, Abdul Haqq Baker, you make a fresh start. Each Friday 400 to 500 worshippers attend prayers, the majority...