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...overweening power. Today, Arab and African exiles across Europe imagine a bloody vengeance against their leaders, those tribal Macbeths and oil-rich Caesars. As Kenya descended into violence last January, Leo, a Rwandan exile in London, rang me. One day, he said, the citizenry will bear this no longer, just like the citizens of 15th century England who rebelled against their aristocratic rulers, tired of the bloodletting and power struggles. He had just seen the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) production of Henry VI. During its run, actors David Oyelowo and Chuk Iwuji - both of African origin - have been superb...
...setting is modest, too. Pine chairs and tables at one end of the barn; at the other, a deli selling more Dangereux delights, such as home-made breads and harissa mayonnaise. Every so often, the chef himself will emerge in surfer shorts and flip-flops. No longer dangereux to your wallet, but lethal to the notion that haute cuisine has to be haughty. www.thefoodbarn.co.za
...student data report no longer exists,” he said in an interview before the meeting. “We haven’t used it in years. We use the benchmark reports. Those are different...
Despite these political setbacks, Japanese Americans worked longer and harder than their white counterparts in menial, low paying jobs. They insisted that their children graduate from school to capitalize on these initial gains. As a result, Japanese Americans today earn higher annual incomes than whites, though they hold only several hundred political offices nationwide. Their economic success doesn’t rely on political power. Political success doesn’t always translate into economic success either. The Irish, for example, controlled the police forces and fire departments of most major American cities by the late nineteenth century. For years...
Because the freshman residence no longer belongs to FAS, the College will have to rent the residential space it once owned from the University...