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...Fine concepts, but would they work in practice? Gary Samore, a National Security Council staff member in the Clinton Administration, says he cannot imagine Iraqis tolerating an American governor for more than a couple of months. Others say the real danger is not that the U.S. would stay too long but that it wouldn't stay long enough. Democracy, says Amin Huweidi, a former Egyptian ambassador to Iraq, can't be imposed on Iraq "with the push of a button. It's a building-up process that takes a long time." Many Europeans agree and see in Afghanistan the unsatisfying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Beyond Saddam | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

...drift: he is an under-writer, both in style and substance, the anti-Arundhati. Upadhyay employs the kind of simple, sanded-down prose built in American creative-writing workshops, but with a touch of Buddhist detachment. He is equally austere with his typically middle-class characters?though they suffer fine shades of psychological distress, they lack the will to do anything really dramatic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clueless in Kathmandu | 3/9/2003 | See Source »

Under Zimbabwean law, an editor may be subject to a steep fine or two years in jail even after he retracts an incorrect story...

Author: By Tess Mullen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Press Groups Back Nieman Fellow in Fighting Charges | 3/7/2003 | See Source »

...Every time we take the ice, there is an opportunity to improve and fine tune our team play,” Chu said. “Cornell might not be as competitive as a Brown or Dartmouth, but they are a tough team that is willing to be physical, so we know we’ll have to battle...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Begins Postseason | 3/7/2003 | See Source »

...Winter ’03 is a 6’6” psychology concentrator living in Quincy House. He enjoys domestic beer, tornado shelters and fine independent cinema...

Author: By Sam A. Winter, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Who You Calling a Hick? | 3/6/2003 | See Source »

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