Word: barings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...schoolboy named John says he has been molested - in one case by his stepfather and, in a play Cho titled Mr. Brownstone, by the eponymous teacher. The John character in both plays repeatedly wishes his tormentor dead, although the molester in the play Richard McBeef kills John with his bare hands...
...Opinion on this page and elsewhere has pointed toward a larger question: Should universities act simply as passive conduits, complying with the bare minimum under the law and essentially turning a blind eye to the wanton theft of creative works? Specifically for Harvard, a university that has always perceived itself as a leader among its peers, that’s a path devoid of conviction or leadership...
...MAINTAIN MY PRETENSE AS A TOURIST, I would have been safer staying north, near the game parks and Victoria Falls. But Matabeleland is a microcosm of Zimbabwe's implosion. Thousands in the region are dying of malnutrition. Hundreds of thousands survive by trapping wild animals or bare-handed mining. When I arrived in the gold-rush town of West Nicholson, I met with a local miner in his bungalow. Several times during our 10-minute chat, he would step out for a few moments. It soon became clear why. When I emerged from his house, two plainclothes officers were waiting...
Arriving in the country is like touching down the day after a cataclysm--a place where the clocks have stopped. There are roads but few cars, and roadside railings are torn up at the stumps. The shops feature bare shelves and price boards for imaginary products that are changed three times a day. Telephones don't work, the power is out, and blackened factory stacks spew no smoke. People loll in the streets with nothing to do and nowhere to go, even if there were a way to get there. "What do people eat?" I asked a lawyer...
...your Black Hawk Down, I blast like a skinny / Roll up to the jam and party like Little Penny!” Little Penny? Really? It’s when he remains timeless that he’s at his best. The album’s finest track, the bare-bones “Freestyle Freestyle,” is vintage Redman. It’s no surprise that it comes from all-star producer Scott Storch, a contemporary leader of his craft. Red’s flow is silky smooth, and when he matter-of-factly proclaims...