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...fire support officer working on non-lethal targeting of the Iraqi people, meaning that he was responsible for “winning the hearts and minds?? of the citizenry by going door to door to find out what was lacking in the community and attempt to bring those amenities to Diyara, the town where he spent eight of his twelve months...
...voucher system rather than transforming a more-than-salvageable policy. If the Democratic public policy agenda calls for a high-standards education system, attached to a strong economy and national security—at a time when middle-class voters are beginning to link these concepts in their own minds??they will be victorious in November. Raúl A. Carrillo ‘10, a Crimson editorial editor, is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House...
...must decide not to be limited by our predilections toward actors of one type. By this I mean that we need to open up our minds??and stages—to the idea of minority leads in traditionally white roles. Other solutions include creating ethnically conscious productions, and using race and ethnicity in creative ways. Patrick Stewart famously reversed the colors in his production of “Othello” a few years ago in Washington...
...signifying economic commerce, conquest of new territories and religious conversion. We have long moved past this historical stage. Updated theories of cultural imperialism focus on what Balachandra Rajan calls a new tripod of commerce, culture and consent—reflecting the progression from territorial conquest to the conquest of minds??a side-effect of globalization...
...defenders of populist imperative are, given the results of recent elections, hollow. In two consecutive statewide elections, voters overwhelmingly supported pro-same-sex marriage candidates for seats in the Legislature. Even those who were originally staunch opponents of same-sex marriage have come to change their minds??notably, former State Senate Minority Leader Brian P. Lees, who said, “Gay marriage has begun, and life has not changed for the citizens of the Commonwealth, with the exception of those who can now marry.” A referendum at this juncture will do nothing to clarify...