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And so, after three years of squalid isolation in Ramallah, Arafat finally won his freedom last Friday morning, aboard a Jordanian military helicopter that ferried him to Amman. From there he boarded a French Embraer jet bound for Paris. Arafat's aides insisted he wouldn't die in exile, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Two Lions Vying to Prevail | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

One of the basic appeals of this work seems to be that its makers’ isolation endows it with an unspoiled freshness and individuality perceived as lacking in much of today’s self-referential, art-history and art-world obsessed work. To put it gently, you might...

Author: By Julian M. Rose, THE ANGEL OF POST-MODERNISM | Title: Outsiders Approach Art from the Inside | 10/29/2004 | See Source »

A year ago, Mark—now a senior in Currier House, then a junior with a pipe dream—sat before the executive officers of the Bisexual Gay Lesbian Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA). The meeting was the culmination of years of self-discovery, struggle and isolation. On...

Author: By Kevin J. Feeney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sadomasochism Comes Out of the Closet | 10/28/2004 | See Source »

Than Shwe's power play is unlikely to please Burma's neighbors. While the U.S. and many other Western countries have persisted with economic sanctions, Japan, China, India and Thailand have actively pursued a policy of engagement with Burma, encouraging closer economic ties and increased trade in the hope that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Purge in Burma | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

But the most important survival role religion may serve is as the mortar that holds a group together. Worshipping God doesn't have to be a collective thing; it can be done in isolation, disconnected from any organized religion. The overwhelming majority of people, however, congregate to pray, observing the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Is God in Our Genes? | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

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