Word: conflicted
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...ideas of gender relations in the play above themes of transformation. Beyond that, the casting (which includes eight men and only one woman, playing Kate) seems to play towards the gender themes as well. Bensussen may have been intrigued by Kate’s transformation rather than the conflict of genders, but the production itself certainly does not reflect that...
...Confused? Here's the background. After Thaksin was deposed in a 2006 bloodless military coup and sentenced in absentia to two years' imprisonment for a conflict of interest conviction - a verdict he disputes - the exiled billionaire tycoon maintained some friends in high places. One of those mates is Hun Sen, the quixotic Cambodian Prime Minister. The current Thai government is fiercely allergic to Thaksin - and Hun Sen's move last month to offer refuge to the controversial former leader drew strenuous criticism from Bangkok, both from government and local press circles. (Read a TIME interview with Thaksin...
Alessandro, although a super-senior, says he is pretty set for a job in Cambridge once he graduates with a concentration in computer science at the close of this semester. Some people leave a session early, but they only do so if they have a legitimate conflict. Most stay the whole time; this is their Friday night fun. They players are not in costume. They wear what they were wearing during the day. There are many pairs of sneakers in the room, but not the athletic type. More the skater-boy type...
...will know within the first one to two months by what the President does if he is serious about taking the country out of this situation," says Hekmat Karzai, director of the Kabul-based Center for Conflict and Peace Studies and a relative of the President who says he is politically independent. Key indicators, says Karzai, will be how the President deals with corruption charges against political allies and keeps his supporters accountable; the ministers he appoints; and the governors he chooses to replace...
...honor of the several university students killed during the course of the 1979 Revolution. It also resonates because it was a group of university students who stormed and took the embassy on that rainy November morning three decades ago, thus setting the stage for the ongoing U.S.-Iranian conflict and "cold...