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...military enforces all kinds of behavioral controls that are at odds with the civil liberties civilians enjoy. Enlisted soldiers and officers alike aren’t allowed to comment on political candidates or parties. Sex between personnel of different ranks is forbidden. Adultery is a crime worthy of court martial. And some restrictions even target groups protected by Harvard’s anti-discrimination policy: women, for example, are barred from certain combat units, while foreign citizens and people with some physical disabilities can’t enlist...
...used to the martial atmosphere. Like Americans, Israelis own lots of guns, and they pack them more openly. Israel may be the only country where, unless you look like a Palestinian, you can enter a bank with a machine gun. In Israeli cities, soldiers are everywhere. In recent weeks, New Yorkers were astonished to see F-16s flying overhead. In Israel, warplanes are no more unusual in the sky than hawks. Police cars in Israel keep their blue lights flashing at all times as a deterrent to would-be attackers. When I first arrived, it unnerved me. Soon...
...concept of dance,” Yamaguchi said, “is very much like wrestling, or martial arts; what can you do with the space and with other people, and time, and what possibly that you can make out of that.” Yamaguchi also hopes that the male-male lifting and female-female lifting in his piece will work to debunk sexual and gender-based stereotypes...
...compelling proof that countries that once were dominated by imperial, even evil governments can be rehabilitated. Though often overlooked, not only did the U.S. feed starving populations and rebuild the shattered infrastructure of these two nations, but we managed to create two strong, pacifist democracies out of two fiercely martial nations that had zero experience with successful democracy before our intervention...
...blush-free resumes. Queen Elizabeth I oversaw the colonization of the Americas, highlighted by mass genocide of Indians, while leading the persecution and execution of Catholics. Queen Victoria sat idly by while millions of Irish starved to the point of emigration or death. Indira Ghandi introduced mass sterilization, imposed martial law after waiving all civil rights and jailed political opponents. Even Margaret Thatcher, an inspiration to me, has the Falklands and ruthlessness in Northern Ireland to her credit. Women of power are not immune from spells of violence, injustice or sheer abuse of power...