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...perils facing their professors. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, more than 180 Iraqi academics have been murdered. Some were targeted by terrorists determined to sow chaos into post-Saddam Iraq; others were victims of a murderous campaign by Shi'ite death squads against former members of Saddam's Ba'ath party. "In Saddam's day, you had to be a member of the party if you wanted to be a teacher," al-Rawi told me. "Most of us were members only in name, not by conviction - but now it's come back to haunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baghdad Bulletin: Death Stalks the Campus | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...explained that in a class like Chinese 142a, “Advanced Conversational Chinese,” the presence of native speakers would make others in the class “uncomfortable.” In order to ensure a fair learning environment, heritage students were excluded from Chinese Ba, “Elementary Modern Chinese,” which Feng said is not a class for those who can speak Chinese but can’t write it. Feng said that some students think Chinese Ba—the largest Chinese class this fall with 104 undergraduates?...

Author: By Angela A. Sun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Chinese Classes Turn Away Students | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...Montreux: Beyond the Blues The annual Montreux music bash is much more than just jazz The Gaza Strip's Diamond in the Rough Dare to discover the Gaza Strip's most elegant - and peaceful - refuge A Taste of Sichuan London's Ba Shan restaurant serves small dishes inspired by the street food of Sichuan Making a Spectacle Have your glasses designed exclusively for you Dutch Treat Amsterdam's pivotal role in the emergence of conceptual art Two techniques have shown particular promise when it comes to fulfilling this goal. The first is known as micro-oxygenation?the slow release...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tempering Tannat | 10/16/2006 | See Source »

...Montreux: Beyond the Blues The annual Montreux music bash is much more than just jazz The Gaza Strip's Diamond in the Rough Dare to discover the Gaza Strip's most elegant - and peaceful - refuge A Taste of Sichuan London's Ba Shan restaurant serves small dishes inspired by the street food of Sichuan Making a Spectacle Have your glasses designed exclusively for you Dutch Treat Amsterdam's pivotal role in the emergence of conceptual art In the audience at the original London show, the British construction magnate Robert McAlpine was so enchanted by the stage set that he decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ballet Suite | 10/9/2006 | See Source »

...Montreux: Beyond the Blues The annual Montreux music bash is much more than just jazz The Gaza Strip's Diamond in the Rough Dare to discover the Gaza Strip's most elegant - and peaceful - refuge A Taste of Sichuan London's Ba Shan restaurant serves small dishes inspired by the street food of Sichuan Making a Spectacle Have your glasses designed exclusively for you Dutch Treat Amsterdam's pivotal role in the emergence of conceptual art He mischievously describes his style as "mediterranean digital baroque," referencing his origins, his artisan plundering of the past and his love of computer games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hybrid Vigor | 10/9/2006 | See Source »

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