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...heart of all this suffering lies a single concept: property. The Spaniards wish to settle the new lands, to control its riches, to own its people. The natives as well want riches to enjoy, slaves to own and land to live on. For Fo, nothing could be more anathema to happiness...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Johan Padan' Cuts with Wit even as Festival Cut Short | 9/20/2001 | See Source »

...Radical groups in the Arab world have traditionally opposed the U.S. because it has been an ally of the moderate Arab regimes the extremists are trying to overthrow. And, of course, American values and culture are anathema to Islamic fundamentalists. But such anti-American sentiment has grown more popular over the last decade, fueled by anger over Iraq and Israel and the perception that the U.S. is hostile to Arab interests. So, while a radical fundamentalist such as Bin Laden may hate everything that America is, the anti-American feeling on the Arab streets may be based more on Arab...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attack Q&A | 9/20/2001 | See Source »

...while it's the breakdown over the Middle East that has captured the headlines, the conference may be equally imperiled by the dispute over whether and how Western nations ought to take responsibility for the pain inflicted by the Atlantic slave trade. Reparations are anathema to the countries implicated in the slave trade, and that has prompted the Europeans and the U.S. to steer clear even of a formal apology for fear this would open the way to legal action for compensation. Still, some U.S. civil rights groups are pushing for the conference to address the reparations issue, and some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Racism Conference on the Rocks | 9/4/2001 | See Source »

...exchange of ideas is the lifeblood of a bookstore, and it should be anathema for us to sponsor an appearance by a man who…has sought to deny freedom of expression to others,” Lamphier wrote...

Author: By David H. Gellis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kissinger Appearance Draws Controversy | 7/6/2001 | See Source »

...show's Norman Lear liberalism. But the O'Connor's genius was that he played the part well enough to discomfit ideologues on the left too. Archie Bunker proved that satire is TV's most dangerous genre, because it cannot be controlled - it requires interpretation, which is anathema to true believers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carroll O'Connor: Goodbye, Archie | 6/22/2001 | See Source »

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