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...most Latin American countries, the aging yellow buses that prowl the streets in search of fares still bear the original black lettering of previous ownership - the Crookston Public Schools, or some other school district from another place and time. The recycled buses are usually given some sort of minimal window dressing, often in the form of windshield decals featuring Tweety Bird, Jesus, Real Madrid or all three - the "Chicken Bus Trinity." But in Panama, these red devils - nicknamed for their colorfulness and reckless abandon - are given a complete and enthusiastic custom detailing makeover that makes MTV's Pimp My Ride...
...unrelated landscapes, images and figures - everything from Jiminy Cricket to Adolf Hitler. Many drivers also adorn their buses with artistic tributes to their girlfriends or wives, ranging from conservative head portraits to provocative bikini pinups. One driver adorned his bus with a woman dressed in loincloth slaying a grizzly bear with a knife, raising questions about his home life that no one dares ask (as if to make the point, a painted sign on the inside of the bus reminds passengers not to bother the bus driver...
...About to be thrust into a daunting bear market, members of Harvard’s graduating class have doubtless pondered the ultimate meaning of their hard-earned diplomas. For 17-odd years in the classroom, success has been relatively easy to define: Good work is, in theory, awarded with good grades; the higher the grade, the more consummately the student has achieved her task. Quantified through its positioning in an alphabetical hierarchy, academic success is seemingly straightforward. Yet, once we depart from the academic bubble, the only quantitative measure available to translate the abstract concept of success into an intelligible...
...because their goals are national or regional, not global. The Baathists want to run Iraq again; the Taliban wants to reclaim power in Afghanistan; the Iranians want to perpetuate their dictatorship and wield influence across the Middle East. Those goals may be unacceptable, but we've decided that they bear enough relationship to reality to be worth talking about...
...when a driver was beaten to death, reportedly by Roma bystanders, after his car hit, but did not seriously injure, a Roma child. Tensions grew a year later with the formation of a national paramilitary civilian group, which calls itself the Magyar Garda (Hungarian Guard.) With uniforms that bear right wing nationalist symbols, the Garda drew the ire of the Roma community because of the group's stated mandate to protect Hungarians against 'Roma crime.' (Read: "Is Hungary the Financial Crisis' Next Iceland...