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...enemy masquerading as an ally and witnesses the death of an innocent friend, and in the fifth is tortured by memories of the death and angered by his apparent inability to stop the dark wizard Lord Voldemort’s regaining power. In between, Harry also gets his first crush, his first kiss, and takes his first standardized tests...
...crush opposition within their own communities, the militants are killing just as many Muslims, including village chiefs, religious leaders, and anyone suspected of spying for the police or military. When it comes to teachers, however, the victims are nearly all Buddhists. As one of Ban Bukoh's two Buddhist teachers, Prapa Boonaeb, 57, who runs the kindergarten, feels marked for death. "You don't know when they'll pull the trigger," says Prapa, a short-haired woman with a brisk but cheerful manner. "We try to keep a constant lookout, but it's hard because our attention is usually...
...can’t disregard that doing precisely and only what I want for the next two months—eating, reading, and avoiding the mad crush of vacationers at all costs—is an endlessly (and inexcusably) self-indulgent exercise. If I’m not miserable, how will I know that I’m growing as a person? Isn’t there something terribly decadent and ironic about my snacking on fresh-picked organic cherries and a Parisian chocolate macaroon when I receive an email news update about poor children in South Africa from...
...flurry of critics have decried the plan as a rushed and heavy-handed stunt that will crush Aboriginal autonomy. Aboriginal academic Boni Robertson has been waiting for action on child abuse since she authored a major report in 1999 detailing crimes against Aboriginal women and children in Queensland. But she fears that applying punitive welfare measures to everyone will imply all Aborigines are "irresponsible monsters, when there are many parents who are doing the right thing." She warns too that, without extensive rehabilitation services, banning alcohol will only shift the problem elsewhere. As in the N.T., many communities...
...many Arabs, Blair is tainted for having signed on, with unseemly eagerness, to the Bush Administration's misadventure in Iraq. He's also blamed for keeping silent, as the U.S. did for nearly a month, while war raged in Lebanon last summer, in the misguided hope that Israel might crush the Iranian-backed militants of Hizballah. Blair's great skill as a negotiator is that he can coax enemies into the same room and mesmerize every individual that he's in total agreement with them. That's how he brought peace in Northern Ireland, a major triumph of his decade...