Word: hyder
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...unkempt, gray-bearded man might pass for any other homeless inhabitant of Lafayette Square Park, across from the White House. But the leaflets he passes out say otherwise: CHARLES HYDER, PH.D AND FASTING. Hyder, 56, an astrophysicist and former NASA researcher, says he will starve himself to death to dramatize his call for dismantling all nuclear warheads by the year 2000. Once 310 Ibs., Hyder has lost a third of that weight after more than 70 days on salt and water. If the Government does not meet his demands, he insists, "I'll die. I know what moves the system...
Though the Administration has so far ignored Hyder, 24 physicists, including Nobel Laureate Sheldon Glashow, joined in a one-day sympathy fast with him and signed a letter in support of his goals, though not of his tactics. "I hope he decides not to fast to his death," said Glashow, "Maybe then he can live to see his dreams come true...
...Utero,” The Luxury will do Oasis’ “Definitely Maybe,” and Velvet Morning will take on Radiohead’s “OK Computer.” 18+. The Middle East Upstairs. 8 p.m. (CEJ)Hyder Akbar. In his memoir, “Come Back to Afghanistan: A Californian Teenager’s Story,” Akbar tells about his experiences as a teen living in a suburb of San Francisco whose life changed drastically when his father became Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s top spokesman. Harvard...
Monday, Oct. 31. “Come Back to Afghanistan: A Californian Teenager’s Story.” Hyder Akbar was a teen living in a suburb of San Francisco before his father became Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s top spokesman. 6:30 p.m. Harvard Book Store...