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...movement to destroy the mosque built, it said, where the revered Hindu god Rama was born. The Congress Prime Minister at the time, P.V. Narasimha Rao, in a modern variation of the Nero legend, slept while the mosque was being destroyed. Even his Cabinet colleagues were not allowed to disturb his sleep, according to numerous statements made by them (after he lost power). Rao rationalized his abdication of responsibility with Machiavellian rationale. The BJP was committing suicide, he argued. Why interfere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ruling by Riots | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

Cabot resident Katharine S. Dain ’04 said the impending move does not disturb...

Author: By Jessica E. Vascellaro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HUPD Prepares for New Locale | 1/16/2002 | See Source »

...that kind of movie-going experience, where you see people as the flawed people that they are. When I saw the ending of the movie, I was totally moved, because it spoke to me. I don’t want everything I do to have this ultimate effect to disturb, although there’s a place for that too! [laughter...

Author: By Richard Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Splat: An Interview With the cast of 'Orange County' | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

...unfolds in the realm of the difficult. War is an activity conducted in an impeding medium. Wars disturb equilibriums in completely unpredictable ways. Unexpected consequences are the routine. In this context, it is very easy for a President to make effective action impossible. All he has to do is to give orders that set one constraint too many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History: How Bush Rates | 12/31/2001 | See Source »

Hoyts cinemas benefit from a decrease in fairly priced food smuggled into its theatres. With fewer sightseers clogging its elevators, the Marriott has a happier paying clientele. And by roping off its waiting area, Penn Station prevents homeless people, the mere sight of whom might disturb Amtrak’s sensitive clientele, from drowsing on its chairs. Such baldly self-serving measures could never have been implemented in less anxious times without tremendous public outcry...

Author: By Phoebe M. W. kosman, | Title: Customer Security or Corporate Insecurity | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

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