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...illuminating monuments to the late "Great Leader" Kim Il Sung. Many city have electricity at certain times of the day. Foreign reporters who visited Shinuiju last month, for the unveiling of a plan to turn it into a free economic zone designed to lure investors, were struck by the contrast with the neighboring Chinese city of Dandong. Dandong at night is a blaze of lights; across the river, Shinuiju is in near-total darkness. Apartment blocks in Pyongyang are lit at night these days, but there are few lights outdoors - except, of course, those illuminating the gigantic statue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea: A Nation in the Dark | 10/19/2002 | See Source »

...contrast to other arts on campus—like theater’s Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC)—the dance community lacks an umbrella organization. Some students say this leads to division within the ranks, making it more difficult for dancers to argue their needs to Harvard’s administration...

Author: By J. hale Russell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Ex-Rated’ Marks Dancers’ Return to Loeb | 10/18/2002 | See Source »

...Dancers contrast their situation with that of theater—where all would-be directors must go through the HRDC to perform in the Loeb...

Author: By J. hale Russell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Ex-Rated’ Marks Dancers’ Return to Loeb | 10/18/2002 | See Source »

Rieman, by contrast, was recently revamped with new seating and technical equipment...

Author: By J. hale Russell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Ex-Rated’ Marks Dancers’ Return to Loeb | 10/18/2002 | See Source »

...reform moves to local school districts, it has become clear that the debate there is far from polarized. Vouchers and school choice do not cut along clean party lines. Nor can we blame white suburbanites for stymieing voucher programs in order to maintain demographic hegemony of their schools. By contrast, today’s alliances are nuanced and dynamic: black leaders, for example, increasingly see vouchers as a means of integration and opportunity, displacing a longstanding fear of socioeconomic segregation. The current confusion about the effects of school choice still preclude mass political support for any one form...

Author: By Christine A. Telyan, | Title: The Vitality of School Choice | 10/18/2002 | See Source »

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