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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...organize an opposition movement. The three who refused-a poet, an Islamist scholar and a political-science professor-are still in jail. Last week I visited their lawyer, a cautious young man named Khalid Farah al-Mutairy, who joined the case because the political scientist had been his mentor. "I was surprised when he decided not to sign the pledge," al-Mutairy said with some dismay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Camel That Came in Second | 2/27/2005 | See Source »

...course, he becomes a superhero—“The Great Machine”—and dons a really goofy-looking suit. With the help of his best friend and his mentor, he builds the cool gadgets that start coming to him in dreams. Zipping around the city in a jetpack, he tries to save lives. Problem is, he’s not so good at it. His wild powers end up causing more trouble than they prevent. In a typical example, he saves a kid by shouting “full stop...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Comics Review: Ex Machina | 2/18/2005 | See Source »

...real reason Ex Machina is so addictive, however, is that its characters are likeable and multi-dimensional. Mitchell’s dreadlocked deputy mayor generates much of the political tension, arguing with Mitchell over school vouchers and gay marriage. Kremlin, Mitchell’s grizzled Russian mentor, strains their relationship by trying to get Mitchell out of politics and back on the jetpack. Even Mitchell’s mother appears for a few quirky-yet-tender moments, when the story flashes back to his childhood...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Comics Review: Ex Machina | 2/18/2005 | See Source »

...This is an unexpected development, but the team will continue to train the same as it has been in preparation for the fall,” said Russ. “Tim has been a great mentor to me, and I’ll miss him here in the office, but I’m very happy...

Author: By Jonathan P. Hay and Carrie H. Petri, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Wheaton Moves On, Moves Up in Ranks | 2/17/2005 | See Source »

...versions of how the hostilities began. The military says 14 of its troops were ambushed and killed on Feb. 7 in the town of Panamao. The rebels say that the ambush was provoked by a military offensive the day before in which a local ustadz, or religious mentor, his wife and two children died. (The military is silent on that story.) The rebels include members of Abu Sayyaf, an al-Qaeda linked kidnap-for-ransom group, and renegades of the Moro National Liberation Front (M.N.L.F.), a Muslim group that once fought for a separate state. The military estimates the rebels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Southern Exposure | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

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