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...Yasir Arafat was not the first despot to use and praise brutal violence to boost his people’s self-perception; in recent memory, Hitler and Stalin particularly stand out as dictators who complimented promises of renewed national greatness with campaigns of utter human destruction. The difference is that while Europeans have since reassessed these despots, such reassessment seems unlikely among Palestinians. This is especially true so long as even the Harvard-educated among them continues to refer to Arafat affectionately as a “brother” with whom he was “madly in love...
Children's theater got a major boost in the mid-'90s with the arrival of Disney on Broadway--particularly Julie Taymor's groundbreaking show The Lion King. The show not only proved that so-called children's theater could draw huge family audiences (it has raked in more than $1 billion from its Broadway and worldwide touring companies) but also expanded the vocabulary of the stage, embracing everything from puppetry to African dance. Everywhere in the culture, meanwhile, children's entertainment is crossing over to adult audiences and gaining mainstream cachet, from Harry Potter books to Pixar animation. London...
...return will hopefully provide an offensive boost to counteract the loss of Vaillancourt and Chu, but only time can tell...
With his own undefeated squad perched in purgatory until next weekend, Saturday’s 38-0 victory against Columbia served relatively little purpose as a grudge win, a primer, or even as a late-season boost...
...alternative high school curriculum for ambitious students that teaches to the test instead of encouraging the best young minds to think more creatively. And as AP expands, some educators have begun to question the integrity of the programs and ask whether the classes are truly offering students an extra boost or merely giving them filigree for their college applications...