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...also backed Muslim rebels in Kashmir, a disputed territory that both India and Pakistan claim as their own. Five months ago, violence by the guerrillas escalated tensions between India and Pakistan and nearly led to full-scale warfare. The President must also rely on the agency to crack down on sectarian extremists who operate within Pakistan proper - zealots have killed more than 70 people this year, including two Americans and three others in an Islamabad church in March - even though the ISI is believed to have kept up indirect links with these groups in the past...
...Love, a film adaptation of an 18th-century story by French playwright Pierre Marivaux. As a princess struggling to win the heart of a prince (Jay Rodan) while restoring the rule of her kingdom to its rightful heir, Mira dons a cunning and passionate persona that manages to crack the stoic visages of the prince’s rationalist guardian (Ben Kingsley) and his withdrawn sister (Fiona Shaw). “I offer them the idea of love,” explains Mira. “[All the characters] have resolved themselves to live lives without love, completely secluded...
...said Hist & Lit tutor Evan F. Bennett ’98 to Gary A. Mohammed ’03 during a highly uncomfortable one-on-one tutorial last Wednesday intended to discuss Mohammed’s junior paper, “but I won’t touch crack. Because once you do crack, you’re a crackhead.” After a 4/20 celebration that went bizarrely awry on Saturday, Bennett is now a crackhead...
...inviting smile, is a little more touchy-feely. However, as the May 26 first round of the Colombian presidential elections approaches, the duo sits atop opinion polls. Vice presidential candidate Santos balances presidential aspirant Uribe, a seasoned politician who has headlined his campaign with a stern promise to crack down on leftist guerrilla groups. The two hope to effect change with “a firm hand and a big heart,” as their campaign slogan boasts. This unlikely partnership began nearly a dozen years ago, not in the trenches of Colombian politics, but around the dinner table...
...like it gets too worn in at home in London—I helped the Crimson team to another 23-2 victory. This was it, I thought: a turning point. Come what may, I was an all-American boy. England had much to offer, but the crack of the bat was just too much to resist. It was in my blood, you see. Nature had at last won out over nurture. And then the game was written up in Monday’s Crimson and I found myself described as an “expatriate Englishman...