Word: insurrectionism
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More than a century before "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1852) shook up American sentiments, an astonishing array of poets on both sides of the Atlantic were writing about the horrors of slavery. "The Wretches they to Christian climes bring o'er, / To serve worse heathens than they did before," wrote...
But last week the White House's complex timetable for a war--which is not to be confused with its determination to wage one--seemed to slip. An assortment of forces sought to throw the U.S. off its appointment in Baghdad. The mushrooming crisis in North Korea clamored for Bush...
For nearly a decade after creator Gene Roddenberry died in 1991, Trek producers--particularly new honcho Rick Berman, a TV veteran who had overseen Cheers and Family Ties--furiously tried to freshen the brand. Though he denies it, Berman seemed to be courting those exotic creatures rarely associated with sci...
(2 of 2) For nearly a decade after creator Gene Roddenberry died in 1991, Trek producers - particularly new honcho Rick Berman, a TV veteran who had overseen Cheers and Family Ties - furiously tried to freshen the brand. Though he denies it, Berman seemed to be courting those exotic creatures rarely...
During the bloody insurrection that produced the new nation of East Timor, Hasan Basri presented residents of the small town of Venelale with a proposition: give me your youngest children. I will feed them, I will educate them, and most importantly, I will protect them. At the time, Jose Pereira...