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...possible to identify two subcategories. "Political" terrorists have an identifiable goal, which may be precisely that of mainstream politicians. "Millenarian" terrorists are different. They have no political agenda and owe their allegiance not to any institutions or geographical expressions on earth but to a higher authority in heaven. The classic examples of the first are the armed wings of national liberation movements, like the Irish Republican Army, Israel's Stern Gang and Umkhonto We Sizwe, the military arm of the African National Congress. It is quite possible to support the aims of such groups while deploring their means. The classic...
...SHORTCUT When startled, the brain automatically engages an emergency hot line to its fear center, the amygdala. Once activated, the amygdala sends the equivalent of an all-points bulletin that alerts other brain structures. The result is the classic fear response: sweaty palms, rapid heartbeat, increased blood pressure and a burst of adrenaline. All this happens before the mind is conscious of having smelled or touched anything. Before you know why you're afraid...
...euro will continue to climb and without difficulties can reach a dollar," Sinn told Reuters news agency. Stephen S. Roach, an economist for Morgan Stanley, said it's not whether the dollar will fall but by how much. "Our currency team believes the dollar is almost 15% overvalued - a classic setup for a fall," Roach said. Up to now, everyone assumes the path will lead to a soft landing for the dollar, but that's not necessarily true. "The alternative, a hard landing, still keeps me awake at night," says Morgan Stanley's Roach. While there's no need...
...Prague club last month. Serbia's Goran Bregovic is considered a pioneer of the gypsy music revival. Though not Roma himself, he scored Yugoslav director Emir Kusturica's 1989 film Time of the Gypsies, which critics consider a seminal work that did for gypsy music what the cult classic The Harder They Come did for reggae. Bregovic is still touring with his Wedding and Funeral Band. Interviewed by Time in Belgrade, he said he thought gypsy music's growing popularity in the West had as much to do with image - and imagination - as music. The Roma, he says, are "Europe...
Gonzales emphasized the classic graduation themes of public service and giving back to one’s community...