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...chance to change things. It was a cancer eating the entire continent. Beginning with the first successful coup in sub-Saharan Africa, in Togo in 1963, at least 200 attempts were made to seize power in Africa over the following four decades; 80 or so were successful. Bitter civil wars erupted, some of them tribal struggles for natural resources, some of them prompted by foreign powers. By the 1970s, Africa had become one of the hottest fronts in the cold war. "We had lots of fears. There was no freedom of speech," says Kwame, about the time of troubles...
...between the Sunnis and the Shi'ites was quite enlightening. These groups have a great deal of historical baggage to unload if they are to find peace instead of an unending civil war. But you destroyed a perfectly clear historical perspective by claiming that "there could be no more bitter legacy of the Bush Administration's fateful decision to go to war in Iraq" than an intramural death match between the two groups. This conflict has been going on for centuries. To blame it on the Bush Administration instead of those responsible--the self-righteous mullahs and alleged holy...
While Henick remained mum on the recent attacks against Giuliani’s family life. Guiliani’s divorce from Donna Hanover was public and bitter, and his relationship with his son Andrew, a sophomore at Duke, is strained, according to media reports...
Dickman says he was inspired by chef Ann Cooper, whose 2000 book, Bitter Harvest, is well described by its subtitle: A Chef's Perspective on the Hidden Dangers in the Foods We Eat and What You Can Do About It. Cooper, who now runs the acclaimed meal program of the Berkeley, Calif., public schools, writes passionately against industrialized farms that "inhabit a flattened landscape dotted not with trees, farmhouses [and] animals ... but with huge motorized vehicles." After meeting her, Dickman began to go to farmers' markets...
...decade ago, agrees: "The National Front" he says, "was the first place where, once I accepted my identity and responsibilities as a French citizen, I wasn't expected to do something with a broom in my hand, or a ball between my feet." It would be ironic - and a bitter indictment of France's mainstream political parties - if it took Jean-Marie Le Pen to get such a message across to voters who are yearning to hear...