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...while the nation-state has been the pre-eminent institution of the modern world for several centuries, it is now seen to be in a condition of decay. Throughout the world, people are reconsidering what they have in common and what distinguishes them from others. Modernization, economic development, urbanization and globalization have led people to shrink their identity. People now identify with those who are most like them, those with whom they share a common language, religion, tradition and history. Today Scots, Kosovars, Catalonians, Chechens and others are all affirming their identity and seeking a political voice...
...carcass lies rotting in front of a church; the fact that it hasn't been removed hints that there are more nearby, which of course the other photographs demonstrate to be the case. Piles of bodies-some with limbs hacked off or torn away by scavenging animals-decay among lush vegetation. In Zaire, we see front-end loaders filling mass graves of cholera victims from the refugee camps. In Somalia, the dead are wrapped in white cloth for proper Muslim burial; the corpses are so thin that they can be stacked for mass burial like cut saplings...
...article that cites a skeptic as saying he views warming theory with 97 percent confidence. Kabala cites satellite data that says there has been no global warming since 1979; surely, he is aware of the findings in Nature that show that those readings did not take orbital decay into account. After the correction, warming trends corresponding to temperature become evident. These scientists, backed up by NASA scientists in a more recent Science article, "conclude that the question now is not whether global warming exists--it clearly does--but what should be done about...
Because Russia's nuclear weapons infrastructure continues to crumble, some American conservatives, such as Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), have argued that the U.S. does not need to pursue arms reduction treaties with Russia. Their arsenal can decay while we can keep a larger arsenal. Here again, this would be a mistake. Rather than force Russia to do whatever it can to maintain unsafe and unreliable warheads subject to accidental firing, the U.S. should pursue verifiable, guaranteed reductions...
This new-old sound gooses the upbeat moments and adds wallop to the ragers, especially the jump-starter "Youth Decay," but doesn't realize the potential of the moodier material. Nothing here's as evocative as The Hot Rock's "The Size of Our Love." And Tucker and fellow singer/guitarist Carrie Brownstein focus on the usual topics in their direct lyrics: relationships and the rock scene. The real interest here comes from the riff-driven, mood-shifting songs, Tucker's delivery (everything from talk-singing to moaning, not to mention singing) and, most of all, the casual, gripping mesh...