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...modern Latin American countries got locked in a cycle that left their economies underdeveloped: "By the middle of the nineteenth century, servicing of foreign debt absorbed almost 40 percent of Brazil's budget, and every country was caught in the same trap. Railroads formed another decisive part of the cage of dependency ... Most of the loans were for financing railroads to bring minerals and foodstuffs to export terminals. The tracks were laid not to connect internal areas one another, but to connect production centers with ports ... thus railroads, so often hailed as forerunners of progress, were an impediment...
...earlier embargo had pushed the Haitian military leaders into agreeing to let Aristide resume power on Oct. 30. But this time they answered with murder -- of Guy Malary, Justice Minister in the transitional government that was to pave the way for Aristide's return. Its timing made the assassination almost a personal rebuke of Clinton. Only hours after the President, in a Washington news conference, expressed concern for the safety of members of Aristide's putative government, gunmen riddled Malary's car with bullets as it drove along a quiet street in the residential Port-au-Prince district of Turgeau...
...sports seem to favor a quintessentially American approach to competing—a fierce one-off battle between two enemies, clearly defined, with a winner-takes-all scenario. Watching television coverage of these gargantuan clashes can also be an arduous process. Lobotomized by the tedium of repetitive advertisements almost every ten minutes, lectured with empty platitudes by commentator sharks in suits, and itching palms anxiously as you await your latest statistics fix, the excesses of American sport are painfully apparent. In an overly-commercialized world, where agents secure their clients hundreds of millions of dollars to play in Gillette Field...
...famous final opera “The Magic Flute”—was a bubbling introduction to a concert that would end with an epic performance of Brahms’ first symphony. The piece was marked by a controlled excitement, as the orchestra was focused and almost on edge, clearly aware of the night’s significance. Balance was a particular strength, as the playful, lilting flute and oboe floated easily on the propulsive strings.Next was Dr. Yannatos’ own cello concerto, composed in 2004. The performance—the piece’s first since...
...work? I’m working on my 1,000,000th response paper as we speak. What do you think? And you know what the worst part of all of this is? As hard as I may try to scare the little ones away, somehow they (almost) always make their valiant return come fall: ready to embark on a year of Domna’s swipes, all proudly donning their class t-shirts. Maybe I’m just bitter I never got mine...