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...Saddam were incensed that the government chose to hang him at the hour of morning prayers on one of the most sacred Muslim holidays (Iraqi Sunnis celebrated the holiday one day before the Shi'ites). The choice seemed to confirm suspicions that Shi'ite political dominance would be a constant humiliation. "It was their way of telling us, 'We're in charge now, and you are so weak that even your holy days have no meaning anymore,'" says media analyst Kadhim al-Mukhdadi. "That morning I gave up hoping that things would get better...
This drive has helped Barrett overcome one of his biggest athletic obstacles, his constant battle with allergies and asthma, which can flare up during the outdoor season...
...disappoint him in America. Everything from the happy, simpler days of Deng’s childhood to the horrors of the Lost Boys’ trek through the desert to his new life of adjusting to various American cities is subtly rendered and full of unembellished emotion. Given almost constant exposure to the new and other media, I’m afraid to say I was shamefully desensitized to the accounts of brutal violence that are recounted in this story. Though I cried when Lightning McQueen pushed The King over the finish line in the cartoon movie...
Even in a season of ups and downs, there remains, as always, one constant in Harvard men’s basketball: history will inevitably repeat itself...
...innovative video auteurs. The music video for their newest single, “Do What You Want,” is more of the same in many ways, and a great departure in others. It goes without saying that the antics that made the band famous remain a constant. Greater exposure—and the increased budget that have surely accompanied such fame—has forced a marked departure from the do-it-yourself ethos of OK Go’s former videos. The clip is overly reliant on the rather uninteresting idea of dressing people in full-body...