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...geniuses have the misfortune of being born in countries lacking in footballing talent: Manchester United's George Best, the supreme artist of the 1960s, never went to the big show because Northern Ireland couldn't muster 10 other world-class players to play alongside him. Sometimes, favored teams inexplicably miss the cut?remember England in '94? The expansion of the Cup's final stages was supposed to improve the odds in favor of good players and squads: 32 teams participated in France '98, as against 24 in U.S.A. '94 and 16 in Argentina '78. And yet, more top teams have...
...While some are benefiting from the lawlessness, many of Jalalabad's citizens are starting to miss the comparative stability under their former rulers, as they are once again thrust into the maelstrom of feuding warlords. The Taliban's strict, often brutal, interpretations of Islamic law banned everything from music to squeaky shoes, but at least there were laws. (Rough justice is no excuse, of course, for the Taliban's intellectual and cultural oppression.) But now, as the three warlords who control Jalalabad remain inside their walled compounds, residents on the dusty streets outside fear their city will slip into medieval...
...didn’t want to study abroad while I was here because I didn’t want to miss anything on campus. I am excited to have the opportunity to go abroad now,” she said...
...Urinetown’s score is consistently varied and rewarding, its book tends to be more hit-and-miss. Attempts at sending up old-fashioned comedy frequently fall flat. Running gags involving faxing, copying and running away to Rio succeed at recalling pre-World War II film and theater, but though they seem to attempt to derive their humor from the fact that the references aren’t as funny as the characters think they are, the result remains unfunny for the audience. Two characters related to the company, the greedy right-hand man and the corrupt politician...
Brett Flehinger, an American historian who won the Levenson award for outstanding teaching last year, is at California State University-San Bernadino, and many students miss Flehinger’s flair. He explains that he was at Harvard on a one-year lecturer contract here, and that he was always realistic about his future not being in Cambridge. But with a Harvard Ph.D. and three years of teaching experience, he is familiar with the culture of junior faculty. “It’s a research institute. The reality is that’s what they tenure on. It?...