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...also become a kind of global spotlight, forcing despotic governments to do their bloody deeds, if they dare, before a watching world. Sometimes they dare not, especially when CNN can reach even a relatively few citizens within the oppressed land and serve as a beacon of freedom. During the failed Soviet coup in August, as key state news organs were being taken over by supporters of coup leaders, Russian President Boris Yeltsin showed himself in public atop a tank to rally a crowd nearby -- and a far larger one throughout his nation. He knew that CNN might still be seen...
...alternative-rock heaven. The hit single Smells Like Teen Spirit has become an anthem for apathetic kids . . . Aung San Suu Kyi couldn't pick up her Nobel Peace Prize this year because the regime in Burma (also known as Myanmar) holds her under house arrest, but she provides a beacon of democratic hope to people caught in one of the world's worst remaining tyrannies . . . Luke Perry and Jason Priestly are the lucky residents of Beverly Hills, 90210, the coolest ZIP code on earth. For fans of these sensitive heartthrobs, swooning is still in style . . . Ties were big sellers this...
...Beacon St. Brookline...
Author David Foster Wallace--author of The Broom of the System and Girl with Curious Hairwill read from his memoir, "Tennis, Trigonometry, Tornadoes." In Charlesbank Bookshops at the Boston University Bookstore Mall, fifth floor reading room, 660 Beacon St., Boston. Thursday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. For information call...
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