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However, the spread of democracy is no panacea; by itself, democracy will not solve all of the problems in the third world. Poverty will not magically disappear, corruption will prove difficult to eradicate, ethnic tensions could increase, and democracy itself can backslide toward authoritarian personal rule (e.g., Russia). Nevertheless, democratic rule is almost always a step forward. The problems faced by a new democratic leadership—like secessionist regions in Georgia or control of Kirkuk in Iraq—will have to be faced eventually. Autocratic rule did not solve these problems, and continued repression will only make them...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski, | Title: Bush’s Democratic Success | 4/14/2005 | See Source »

...base tactics ranged from coughing incessantly to the point where none of the panelists could be heard, interrupting presentations to ask ludicrous questions such as “Isn’t it true you train your employees to torture,” staging a mock deportation of an ethnic minority protestor midway through the discussion, clapping obnoxiously to halt the dialogue, and ridiculing students who posed legitimate questions to the panelists. A protestor sitting three rows behind me physically made himself vomit...

Author: By Elise M. Stefanik, | Title: Political Vomit | 4/13/2005 | See Source »

Given the long-standing American passion for chocolate and ice cream and the current rage for Tex-Mex fare, the invention of the Choco Taco was probably inevitable. Created by the Jack & Jill Ice Cream Co. in Philadelphia, this ethnic hybrid provides an intriguing combination of flavor texture contrasts. The basis is a crisp, taco-shaped sugar-cone wafer enfolding fudge-swirled vanilla ice cream. Over that goes chocolate-flavored coating encrusted chopped peanuts. The result is the kind of crunchy novelty snack that children and their dentists dream about. At a suggested 89 each, this Choco Taco just might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tidbits | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP), an interfaculty project committed to enhancing Native American studies university-wide, worked with the FAS Committee of Ethnic Studies to assist departments with their faculty searches...

Author: By Joy C. Lin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Native American Profs Get Tenure | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...according to Professor of African and African American Studies Werner Sollors, who was last year’s Chair of Ethnic Studies, Maynor is a “well-trained academic” who “writes fascinatingly...

Author: By Joy C. Lin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Native American Profs Get Tenure | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

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