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...Iran?s curious claim concerns the paunchy Pashtun warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who currently lives in Tehran. The former prime minister who has fought against every Afghan government since 1979 has made no exception of the latest administration in Kabul. He recently told an interviewer that Karzai's government "has no value or meaning" as long as foreign troops remain in Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran, Afghanistan Juggle Hot Potato Hekmatyar | 2/23/2002 | See Source »

...happy for him. It's a curious thing, the attraction of this athlete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speed Skating: Ohno Finishes Second — and Wins Gold | 2/21/2002 | See Source »

...songs about sunshine. But this similarity is fleeting as The Sunshine Fix goes deeper into its own brand of psychedelia. This band doesn’t rock or roll, and lacks bite despite a toy-box full of effects. Still, the trip through Doss’ imagination is a curious...

Author: By Crimson STAFF Writers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Music | 2/15/2002 | See Source »

...curious and ingenious...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Antique Reality Shines With Everlasting Beauty | 2/8/2002 | See Source »

Aside from the clinical and the stern, selections from “Curious and Ingenious” also demonstrate moments of tangible pathos. Head-shots of Louis Agassiz’s African slaves were initially taken to aid in the Harvard philanthropist’s desire to “prove the existence of a separate human species,” but now, the delicate, minute plates reveal something more. Viewed frontally and in profile, his four slaves exude a mournful yet dignified air. It becomes clear the torment and strain that incarcerated life has wracked on their bodies...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Antique Reality Shines With Everlasting Beauty | 2/8/2002 | See Source »

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