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...Judeo-Christian heritage, our secular present, and the worldwide expansion of both." The phrase "clash of civilizations," later popularized by Harvard political scientist Samuel Huntington, is now regularly invoked by political analysts to explain images of angry demonstrators in an Arab country chanting anti-American slogans. Though the concept is subtle and complex in the hands of these two leading academics, the media tend to boil it down to this: the cultures of the U.S. and Europe, with their heritage of democracy, civil liberties and women's rights, are doomed to collide with Islam, which is trapped by tradition into...
...concept of calling into a radio station, voicing your opinion and being heard live on the air was something Iraqis had never heard of,” Moulton said in an interview...
...mill inept-at-long-division English concentrators will all have to complete four science classes to graduate. Two in the natural sciences, two in the physical sciences. For the aforementioned English majors, that means two involving labs, and two involving equations. For those filled with fear at this concept, it’s time to say enough is enough. Let’s stand up and tell the world that being well-rounded is overrated, or at least figure out a way to make this prospect less terrifying...
...Laden's fighters, says Islamabad-based columnist and retired General Talat Masood, "have almost certainly melted away into the hills." Mohammed, meanwhile, is now a local hero. Mobs of cheering tribesmen gather when his six-vehicle convoy, each auto mounted with machine guns, roars past. "I believe in the concept of jihad," Mohammed told reporters in his village of Shakai after the truce was signed, adding that he still considers Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar to be his "Commander of the Faithful." With al-Qaeda safe once again in their sanctuary, U.S. commanders will have to come up with another...
...normal world." He sees none of this as contradiction. "I've got nothing in common with Snoop Doggy Dog but he portrays a really exciting life," Skinner argues. "Even though you don't identify with him you find it fascinating." Unlike Snoop's work, A Grand is a, well, concept album - even if Skinner balks at the term: "I get these images of '70s Spinal Tap pretentiousness by artists that are usually up their own arse. There is none of that here." Maybe not, but it's a wonderfully crafted, continuous narrative, set to garage loops, keyboard orchestration and even...