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...trouble with the idealized Gandhi is that he's so darned dull, little more than a dispenser of homilies and nostrums ("An eye for an eye will make the whole world go blind") with just the odd flash of wit (asked what he thought of Western civilization, he gave the celebrated reply, "I think it would be a great idea"). The real man, if it is still possible to use such a term after the generations of hagiography and reinvention, was infinitely more interesting, one of the most complex and contradictory personalities of the century. His full name, Mohandas Karamchand...
That's a grim warning for people in many of the world's flash points, from Cambodia to Mexico to Bosnia. But it is also a call for increased vigilance from the international community and a move away from the widely held view that tribalism is unavoidable. Visiting Rwanda last month, President Clinton acknowledged that the 1994 bloodletting was "certainly not the result of ancient tribal struggles...All over the world, there were people like me sitting in offices, day after day, who did not fully appreciate the depth and speed with which you were being engulfed...
...Lanka, and says the 2,000-year-old tooth presented to Taiwan by Tibetan monks is nothing more than old dente. But Beijing?s demand that the tooth be returned to China takes the bite out of its protests over the tooth?s authenticity. Taiwan?s premier will likely flash his pearly whites when he greets the ?third tooth? on its arrival Thursday. Beijing?s leaders are more likely to be gnashing theirs...
...next relating more recent happenings. This intercalary structure provides something of a segmented, but not at all discontinuous feel, much like the transition in a movie between one scene and another. In fact, the discontinuity embedded in the structure actually facilitates the reader's comprehension of intrachapter flash-backs and seemingly out-of-place transcriptions of dialogue between Sarah and her analyst. Linear narrative and a continuous stream of events are not so important to the plot as the actual events them-selves--much in the same way that the images of a dream don't present themselves...
...wanting love. Although the album is rhythmically original and lyrically daring, Connected is filled with many songs about a cliched theme, causing it to fall short of its real promise. Lead singer Jacci McGhee's voice is like a chameleon, as she jumps from emotion to emotion in a flash. V. Jeffery Smith and Peter Lord, on instrumentals as well as vocals, create a unique beat, which makes The Family Stand different than many bands, but not that much different...