Word: dissention
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...Threads of Dissent" tapestry exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Oct. 22,1999-Jan. 30, 2000) is either a contradiction in terms or a play on words. The show brings together modern tapestries by six contemporary artists--Murray Walker, Lilian Tyrrell, Leon Golub, Edward Derwent, Wojciech Jaskolka, and Jorge Pardo--who use the antiquated medium of tapestry-making as a vehicle for social commentary. Although criticisms of modern society is touted as the exhibition's concept, the show in reality places more emphasis on 'descent' rather than 'dissent'--more preoccupied with showcasing the at times overly-forced geneology connecting...
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...council's final business was a declaration of war on Yale University by Harvard University, which was approved with only one dissent and two abstentions...
...confusion helps explain why Saddam seems to have grown comfortable with his situation. Though the Desert Fox air campaign last December rattled his regime, and though there have been outbreaks of violence among Shi'ites in southern Iraq and even Baghdad, his security services always ruthlessly stamp out dissent. The CIA still believes Saddam will be eliminated by someone in his inner circle, but intelligence agents don't see how a "silver bullet" would ever get close to him. He has multiple layers of security around him, never announces his travel plans ahead of time, sleeps in a different...
...Dissent calls itself "the" literary magazine of Harvard; found only on the web, a new issue of all new content appears around the 7th of every month. Dissent features short stories, poetry, personal stories and nonfiction. Although Dissent does not currently publish much that couldn't be printed on paper, it does have the advantage of the accessibility of the Internet. Work can be submitted via the Dissent website...