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Murray painted a dire picture of the Patriot Act’s implications, citing secret subpoenas of personal records, unreported searches by campus police, an abolition of due-cause requirements for apprehension and creation of “magic lantern” software that secretly reports e-mail content and Internet usage information back to government sources...
Indeed, Somalia-Vietnam analogies were soon ubiquitous. The United States had gone into the famine-stricken nation ten months earlier to mitigate a dire humanitarian crisis. But after the bloodshed of Oct. 3, a Gallup poll found that nearly seven in ten Americans wanted an immediate or gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces. President Clinton did eventually withdraw, and Somalia became yet another manifestation of the so-called “Vietnam syndrome...
...Dire Expectations Your article "Bloody Monday," on the Aug. 25 bombings in Bombay, noted that some officials believe the explosions were part of a campaign by Indian Muslims reacting to discrimination by Hindus [Sept. 8]. Mutual hatred forms the basis of the lives of millions of people in South Asia. The recent so-called stabilization measures between Pakistan and India are nothing more than a slogan to cover the leaders' mismanagement of affairs. Every decade we see officials of both nations calling for peace. But the drama always ends with the slaughter of poor people, Muslims and Hindus, on both...
...collages, film clips, set and costume designs, letters, manuscripts and bits of memorabilia. There are portraits of Cocteau by Jacques-Emile Blanche, Man Ray, Picasso and Andy Warhol, and portraits by Cocteau of Modigliani, Picasso and Kisling, each done in the sitter's own style. It's all in dire need of editing, but remains surprisingly good entertainment, which is appropriate for a man who had more than one talent to amuse...
...universities were really a drain, Cambridge would be in dire straits. Yet, the city is among the most fiscally healthy in Massachusetts, with a $7.5 billion tax assessment, a triple-A bond rating and the highest per pupil expenditure on public education in the state...