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...comparison between today’s Israel and Apartheid-era South Africa is so fundamentally flawed as to be offensive. The Israeli legal code does not discriminate against Arab Israelis the way that the Apartheid laws discriminated against black South Africans. In Israel, the law provides for the equal treatment of all of its citizens, both Jewish and Arab. In South Africa, however, blacks were the victims of laws that controlled their day-to-day lives, dictating where they could live, work and travel. And in South Africa, the government slaughtered blacks when they protested the government?...
...they wander through America, Southeast Asia, South Africa and the Netherlands looking for a way to recapture their early transcendent experiences on Ecstasy. If the words "drugs" and "travel guide" trigger sudden flashbacks of Alex Garland's backpack bible The Beach, don't get excited?this adventure pales in comparison. Not only does Aitkenhead attempt the same jaded been-there, done-that tone as the Gen X bestseller, she even names one of her chapters after Garland's novel and sets a large chunk of her story in the same Gulf of Thailand locale...
However, the significance of these generational changes pales in comparison with the change in the Harvard-Cambridge relationship brought about by the University’s Allston land purchases. What the effects of this tectonic shift will be are far from clear, however...
...strong classical music environment. This in turn attracts even those who have not previously studied music or played an instrument. Levin said, “Harvard definitely holds its own musically when compared to the major [music] conservatories.” Not only does Harvard stand firm in comparison to conservatories, many extraordinary students choose Harvard over major conservatories like Juillard and Curtis every year...
...band’s facial hair, chops and slouches are reminiscent of the Strokes, but there all fruitful comparison ends. While the Strokes are discontented and hoarse and definitively tied to the New York sound of predecessors The Ramones and The Velvet Underground, BRMC are brooding and intense, hoarse only when it suits them. Though only drummer Nick Jago is from Britain, the band has an undeniably British sound, with a self-conscious tip of the hat to the Stone Roses. “Rifles” had more pretensions than the Strokes could muster, sounding a little like...