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Zinn said America should not be isolationist but should be interventionist with “economic and social means,” rather than military force...
...crafts. However, Omanis are proud also of their recent past and are just as likely to encourage a visit to the new towns of Ruwi and Qurm. Just beyond the mountains that enclose Muscat, they are testament to the measured development policy of Sultan bin Qaboos, who overthrew his isolationist father three decades ago. Ruwi is home to a number of five-star beach hotels, as well as scores of new government buildings and residential areas. The most impressive sight is the enormous Qaboos Grand Mosque, which can hold 20,000 worshippers. The mosque's massive size?the main hall...
Arts institutions see the Internet as a way to keep pace with the modern world, to shed the lingering perception that they are highbrow or isolationist. The Web, the ultimate in egalitarian communication, serves as a leveler, reaching people within the neighborhood or across the country. It offers arts institutions a chance to hook kids right at their keyboard, enticing the next generation of museumgoers or symphony attendees to discover the wonders of the arts. "We want to get kids when they're young, get them excited," says Michael Cassin, curator of education at the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute...
...WMDs to any outside group. Nevertheless, Sept. 11 may have alerted him to the attractions of unorthodox attacks. In fact, Blair has been stressing the dangers of WMD proliferation for years. "This is our moment of maximum opportunity," says an adviser, "when the U.S. has woken up from its isolationist dream. It's better to take action now before they go back to sleep." Given Bush's image in Europe as a wild Texan, it's interesting that Downing St. thinks itself lucky to catch the wave of his ambition to subdue Saddam...
TMCM has adventures mostly of the existential kind. In one strip he moves to a country shack to get away from it all only to discover an even more determined isolationist living under the floorboards. Climbing down to "see how an anti-social person lives," he finds it packed with "counter-culture" material goods. A friend to the powerless by being powerless himself, TMCM worries about the environment, feels alone at parties, and just generally gets tense and anxious. Obsessed with all the drudgery that fills up his day he rushes to complete it all only to end up standing...