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...that familiar refrain is not the whole story. Some of the parallels being drawn between now and the days of Soviet rule are rhetorical and overblown. Those who are ill at ease in today's Russia for whatever reason can choose to live and work abroad (indeed, many of Putin's critics have decamped to London); an earlier generation could only dream of such freedom. Still, Kondaurov's feeling of claustrophobia - what Victoria Webb of Amnesty International describes as "the shrinking space for individual voices in Russia" - now appears to be widely shared. This year, Stanislav Dmitrievsky was prosecuted...
...would react to risk in the same way. But that's clearly not the case. Some people enjoy roller coasters; others won't go near them. Some skydive; others can't imagine it. Not only are thrill seekers not put off by risk, but they're drawn to it, seduced by the mortal frisson that would leave many of us cold. "There's an internal thermostat that seems to control this," says risk expert John Adams of University College London. "That set point varies from person to person and circumstance to circumstance...
...salary statistics come from a new study by The Chronicle of Higher Education and are drawn from schools’ tax filings. The study found that the highest-paid university chief—not including retirement packages for departing administrators—was Vanderbilt President E. Gordon Gee, who earned $1.17 million...
...macabre interest hasn’t yet drawn you to watch the YouTube.com video of UCLA student Mostafa Tabatabainejad being repeatedly Tasered by university police, I’d advise against it. Six long minutes of aggrieved protest, punctuated by piercing screams from shocks of 50,000 volts, is unsettling even for the most Guantanamo-accepting amongst...
...their path. Australia's batting is stronger than it was for Michael Hussey's inclusion; England look weaker without the injured Simon Jones, opening batsman Marcus Trescothick (ill) and the leadership of Michael Vaughan (injured). Australia hardly ever lose at home?though occasionally they're held to a drawn series, which is all England need to keep the Ashes. "Australia have played poor matches since 1995, but never poor series until last year," says Lawson. "This particular group of players hasn't played that badly before or since, so I'm putting 2005 aside as an aberration...