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...years, Smurfs have had to endure online accusations that they were closet Communists, as they share everything in their idyllic village, wear the same uniform, and sing the same catchy song. And there is even a theory that their sworn enemies - evil wizard Gargamel, along with his mangy cat, Azrael - represent international capitalism. Peyo's family fiercely denies this and insists the stories are apolitical. But Peyo did use the Smurfs to satirize Belgium's endless language wars between French and Dutch speakers: in one album, he divides the village into two halves that fight over whether the term "smurf...
...obtain a gun, according to the study. Half of those carrying a gun were involved in gangs, the study found. The report did indicate some improvement in student outlook, as more students reported feeling safe while commuting to school and when in their own neighborhoods, said Deborah R. Azrael ’83, the associate director of the youth violence center at Harvard. She said students also are more likely to trust the police. The data were released to the community yesterday in Dorchester at the first of a series of meetings led by the Boston Public Health Commission...
...previous study by Matthew Miller, Deborah Azrael and Hemenway, published in the March edition of the Journal of Urban Health, noted that women are more likely to be murdered by a gun in regions of the U.S. where firearms are more prevalent...
...corrupt groups that have been so powerful. But the implementation of these policies is hindered because ((Gorbachev)) has not had time to develop the support among mid- and lower-level officials. It's a huge machine, and it's very hard to get a handle on it." Jeremy Azrael of the Rand Corp., a West Coast think tank, says that regional party bosses have become "feudal barons" and that Gorbachev has to gain control over them before he can be master of the national party...
...deeds signaled a definite switch in the Kremlin's mood after the painfully indecisive 13-month reign of Chernenko. They also seemed to confirm that, as some Western analysts had suspected, the new General Secretary is a disciple of policies conceived by Chernenko's predecessor, Yuri Andropov. Explained Jeremy Azrael, senior analyst of Soviet affairs at the Rand Corp.: "To say that there have been new ideas on the domestic front would be a gross overstatement." Gorbachev, said Azrael, "is the heir of Andropov...