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A man in a curled white wig jerks his head, filling the air with dust as he moves. Bubbles spontaneously appear onstage, and the 14 ballet dancers begin to play with them; a woman pops the one in front of her, another tries to gather them in her arms. In...

Author: By Ama R. Francis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Love and Sex at the Ballet | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

Just as gravity pulls together the local chaotic movements of water droplets to orchestrate the outer geometric identity of a waterfall, conventions pull together human turmoil to orchestrate the notion of humanity. The Tamil Tigers can perpetrate the above crime and face mere condemnation from a few countries, because almost...

Author: By Thrishantha nanayakkara | Title: Need for New Global Conventions | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

The state that once drew people from all over the world to create Silicon Valley, Hollywood and Berkeley's free-speech movement now sees too many of its best residents leave. To stop that, Newsom hopes to borrow a page from Barack Obama's presidential campaign. On the floor of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California's Big Race to Succeed Schwarzenegger | 2/16/2009 | See Source »

Civil rights groups say any kind of castration, even if reversible, could take society down the road to eugenics. A 1985 U.S. Supreme Court ruling said that involuntary surgical castration constituted cruel and unusual punishment. David Fathi, head of Human Rights Watch's U.S. program in Washington, says the Czech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Unkindest Cut: A Czech Solution for Sex Offenders | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

The council will be made up of 25 secular and religious leaders from across the spectrum of faith traditions and ideological backgrounds, including some who did not support Obama's candidacy. A number of high-profile Evangelical leaders are on the roster, including Joel Hunter, a megachurch pastor in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Tries to Renew Faith in a Faith-Based Office | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

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