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...Daniel of the Old Testament prophesied a new earthly kingdom, but was thrown into a den of lions as punishment for his faith. No fate so dramatic awaits his Nicaraguan namesake President Daniel Ortega, although the controversial Sandinista leader is convinced the lions are circling...
...forces gathering against the Awakening movement were bearing down on Al-Obeidi before he died in Adhamiya, a neighborhood that had been transformed from a violent den of the insurgency to a place of relative calm with the help of Awakening fighters. "With 48 fighters we liberated Adhamiya," said al-Obeidi a month before he died. "This part of the town was very difficult for the mighty force of the Americans to bring under control, and for the Iraqi army and police and militias. They could not secure this area of town for four years...
Past Miriam Makeba Street, between the empty lots and beat-up Edwardian piles that mark the edge of what, before crime hollowed out downtown Johannesburg, were some of the most imposing city blocks on the continent, stands an intriguing vision of Africa. Here, the Yung Chen Noodle Den and the Sui Hing Hong Wholesale and Chinese Gift Company rub shoulders with the Gold Reef Restaurant. "Ah, Africa," sighs William Lai, 60, as he gazes out across the great plains of parking lots that define Johannesburg's Chinatown. "Where I was born. Where my children were born. Home...
...other countries they look for the marijuana in the cigarette. Here they look for the cigarette in the marijuana.' JASON DEN ENTING, manager of a coffee shop in the Netherlands, on a new public smoking ban that only prohibits tobacco...
...Marianne, climbing trees in the small courtyard while discussing Heidegger and recognizing the pretentiousness; long coffees in the Barker Center with girlfriends discussing our floundering thesis projects and fierce “Project Runway”; or countless nights at Charlie’s Kitchen, Grendel’s Den, or Cambridge 1 with my roommates where emotions ran as high about their classes as for the Celtics...