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...Normal Country” is, first and foremost, a book for specialists. It offers a needed response to the retroactive criticism of the shock privatization by arguing that its result—a normal Russia—was well worth the social price paid during the turbulent 1990s. The book is also predictably economics-centric, and if you’re not comfortable pretending to understand regressions, you may want to steer clear. But even the casual Kremlin watcher will appreciate the surprisingly accessible final chapter, which should be required reading for any class on modern Russia. Americans have been...
...ultimately, Rock feels that he’s a comedian, first and foremost. “I’m not Bono,” he says. “I’m interested in saving Africa…but that’s probably not my act.” He says that his primary hope in life is that “people think I’m funny...
...Banquet,” the band’s first single from their debut LP “Silent Alarm,” is first and foremost a showcase for the talents of drummer Matt Tong and bassist Gordon Moakes. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better sounding rhythm section in any band currently working. Tong and Moakes play off of each other so well you’d swear they were conjoined at the head if the video didn’t show otherwise. Meanwhile, Kele Okereke, the band’s dreadlocked singer/guitarist...
...Darfur remains the foremost ranking humanitarian crisis on the UN “watchlist,” the new buzzword amongst activists is the Genocide Intervention Fund (GIF), launched on Thursday. April 7 by Swarthmore college students, Mark Hanis and Andrew Sniderman. The premise behind GIF is that AU forces on the ground in Darfur should be provided with funds to cover their non-lethal weapon needs. At a conference organized in February by the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, the Swathmore undergrads sold their idea to students from 92 colleges around the country, who reviewed and reworked this...
...truly honored and humbled by getting this really powerful position,” Moore said. He added that as president, he plans to “first and foremost increase the cohesion within and without the organization...