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...Mayawati's master stroke was to drop her weary slogans calling on her supporters to use their shoes to "beat" upper-caste Brahmins and to reach out to them; many feel as sidelined by the middle-ranking castes who control much of government these days as do the Dalits. That unlikely coalition, key to Congress's decades of dominance in Indian politics, is now working for Mayawati. "The difference with Congress is that they were using Dalits but keeping them on a bottom level, whereas we are all on an equal platform with a Dalit leader at the top," says...
...lobbied for another troop surge to help battle the rising insurgency in the country's south. But lower-level commanders on the ground have something else to add to that wish list. Says one: "Frankly, defeating the Taliban is the least of our worries. They are not going to beat us. What is killing this country is corruption and drugs. That is not for NATO but for the Afghan government to deal with." Some 8,000 more troops, which would constitute the two brigades that McNeil wants, may help secure volatile areas and clear the way for development - key steps...
...Merwin, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton and Wallace Stevens. And it has the distinction of having chosen a title that doesn't sound nearly as quaint as those of the other new magazines Time wrote about that week: Tiger's Eye, Masses & Mainstream, Instead and even that bible of the Beat Generation, Neurotica...
...unique, combining various different musical elements while maintaining cohesion. This is especially apparent on some of the album’s more distinctive tracks, such as “Open Book” or “Going On.” The former contains a heavy scattershot beat and a stuttering melody that periodically erupts into a chorus of “Lion King”-esque primal chanting, while the latter, which is the album’s most immediately gratifying song, integrates droning voices and mellow strings into an uplifting dance track about taking initiative...
...even in this video. “Break the Ice,” the new single off Spears’ album “Blackout,” follows animated Super Britney as she fights off evil robots and runs around a futuristic world to the up-tempo beat of the track. But her signature panting riffs make the viewer guess that maybe this song isn’t about fighting robotic enemies at all. If you listen closely, you can hear Spears sing, “Can you rise to the occasion? I’m patiently waiting because...