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...remarkable is happening on this half an island. Gusmao, 53, a former guerrilla leader and political prisoner, has tapped into reserves that are out of reach of the World Bank and the IMF, reserves of willpower and pride the people themselves barely knew existed. Exuding the authority of Nelson Mandela and the charisma of Che Guevara, Gusmao has been traveling the country spreading his vision of the future. "All of us must let go of the bad things they have done to us," he said in his first speech after returning to Timor in October, "because the future is ours...
...have to say it was the opportunity to meet Nelson Mandela...
...There's no question that the most awesome individual, the most awesome moral figure, that I've met is Nelson Mandela," Hunt says...
...warming 2 He abandoned his efforts to keep 36-Down off the New York ballot 3 Mandela's org. 4 East __ (site of reputed atrocities by Indonesian generals) 5 Super Bowl hero Kurt __ 6 Switch positions 7 The Sun __ Rises (1957 movie) 8 Gun Shy star Liam 9 Oxygen-dependent bacterium 10 "God's __" (Burmese rebel group) 13 5-Down's team 18 __ Square (captured Grozny center) 19 Site of a jeopardized power-sharing government 22 Gallery-funding org. 25 90-degree pipe bend 27 Addams Family cousin 29 Deep Blue's sixteen 31 Leader of Austria's far-right...
...tribal and bebop grooves. His words are as deeply rooted in African-American culture as the beats that back them; the verse explores Sundiata's own experiences as a native son of Harlem, as well as the stories of black icons like Malcolm X, John Coltrane and Nelson Mandela. In addition to his frequent readings around New York City and his musical theater work (most notably 1994's The Mystery of Love), Sundiata works a day job teaching literature at the New School for Social Research. Among his first students was indie rock queen Ani DiFranco, who later remarked that...