Word: amsterdams
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...Lebedev the reformer he sees himself as, or does he play another role? "There's a belief - and this existed in Soviet times - that allowing a pressure valve of dissent and allowing certain voices out there is important for legitimacy," says Robert Amsterdam, a Canadian attorney in London who has represented Khodorkovsky and frequently blogs about Russia. "In a strange way, and whether or not Lebedev is part of this, he may well be seen as a demonstration of the regime's legitimacy." As long as he doesn't "cross any of these invisible lines, Lebedev may actually shield...
...Read "Vice Versa: Amsterdam Cleans...
...AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—At the age of 16, Mariska Majoor started what would turn out to be a five-year career in prostitution. Before she made the decision to sell her body, Majoor’s teenage life was defined by ultimate indigence: She was living on the streets of Amsterdam, dabbling in hard drugs when she could afford them, suffering from a lack of healthy food and adequate clothing, and really desiring one thing...
...you’re a child, 15 or 16 or 17 years old, and you’re helping your family to survive—well, what is a child in this context?” said Marie Louise Janssen, a lecturer on cultural anthropology at the University of Amsterdam who teaches a course called “The Commodification of the Human Body. “If it’s the difference between surviving and not surviving, who am I to say that you should not be allowed to help yourself...
...would never have expected to arrive at such a conclusion, but after working in Amsterdam for the past month, I’ve realized that I’ve never traveled to or lived in a place where I’ve felt more conscious of my skin color than this...