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...convention but failed to appear—came to power under controversial circumstances. “Last year, the U.S. government played a significant role in undermining [El Salvador’s] elections,” Stewart said. “We want the U.S. to commit to a policy of nonintervention in the election coming up in 2006. We want them to respect the results of that election.” CISPES had a number of other specific demands for the convention, in particular the removal of El Salvadoran troops from Iraq. While holding a large banner lettered with...
When I talked with her recently, however, she again brought up her plans to one day commit herself fully to the domestic scene. Nor is she alone: recent surveys of women currently attending Ivy League institutions have shown that a remarkable number already expect to replace their careers with part-time jobs, or simply abandon them entirely, once they start having children...
...Caro effectively and devastatingly represents the brutality of the atmosphere: the horrible behavior becomes literally nauseating. It’s almost impossible to believe that grown men commit intimidating juvenility like tossing around a port-a-potty while a female worker is inside...
...Whenever Kate and Thomas seem to be at loose ends, a strangely Jesus-like figure, known as the King, appears—direction, reassurance, and food in hand. To convince Thomas to commit himself to the mission, the King appears in a dream, and Taylor writes, “Thomas looked into his eyes, and he realized they were the eyes of the cross, deep blue, warm, all-seeing, all-knowing. He felt naked before him, as if this man knew all about his life. Every secret, every lie, every ugly thought was on display...
...monster,” “killer,” and “evildoer” dominate the discourse on terrorism. In “War,” there are no monsters. There are only men and women whom circumstance and ideology have led them to commit monstrous acts. “War”’s protagonist is an American-educated Pakistani engineer named Hasan (Ayad Akhtar). Hasan’s brother is an Islamic radical and a terror suspect—American intelligence believes that Hasan may have information as to his whereabouts...