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...This isn't a matter of dress sense. Gul's nomination (and his wife's attire) has laid bare Turkey's deep divisions over the separation of religion and government. The protest was part of a much broader revolt by Turkey's self-described "secularists" against a popularly elected Islamic-leaning government that has held power-with considerable success-since November 2002. An ad hoc coalition of opposition parties, the military and parts of the judiciary, often referred to in Turkey as the "secular establishment," has in recent days derailed the presidential selection process in a standoff that underscores...
...never directed a full-length play at Harvard before. “I’m hoping there was something foolhardy about doing this play, but that it works out in the end,” he says. Fortunately, Wilner’s personal approach to theater is a laid-back one. “It’s thinking about theater as learning and discovery,” he says. “The process is more valuable than the end product.” Forbess, who plays the charged role of Martha, echoes Wilner’s appreciation...
Despite his fierce play, Suchde is laid back and has a good sense of humor, which made him somewhat amenable to my request. Nevertheless, he wasn’t going to enter the fray against a Crimson reporter without something more on the line...
...style; I was amused by his presumption. With the build of a miniature bulldog and his fondness for a wildly ornate, orotund oratory, he was a throwback character out of Preston Sturges or Allen's Alley. He may have raised winces on the faces of the new-breed, laid-back moguls. But I'm guessing Valenti didn't mind being smiled at. If he was a figure of fun, he had fun being that figure...
...spirit of Wallace rousing Scots once more to demand freedom? Not really. In the town of Stirling itself, there are few mentions of Braveheart outside the Thistles Shopping Centre - just yellow balloons tied to a trestle table laid out with leaflets and buttons bearing the SNP logo. In recent years the party has softened its stance, moving away from the notion that winning a majority vote would give it a mandate to negotiate independence. The party now proposes a referendum first...