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...walked into the Science Center earlier this semester, I was confronted by a motley mob of students, all partaking in some sort of protest activity: signs waving, slogans being chanted, flyers being thrust in front of startled students. Removing my iPod’s ear buds, I scowled skeptically at the group for a few seconds and listened. Satisfied that this was nothing terribly new, I lowered my head and began to work my way through the crowd to class. As I was about to push my way through the revolving doors, a flyer-wielding youngster—probably...
...efforts. The Iraqi elections have undoubtedly heartened the Lebanese demonstrators and increased pressure on the regions’ autocratic regimes. Mubarak’s sudden change of heart is not due to a case of violent mood swings. The Kyrgyzstan revolution has sent a clear message to the motley collection of anachronistic despots that rule Central Asia’s ’Stans. In Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev has reacted with fear-fueled anger and closed the border to Kyrgyzstan, but he will find it difficult to simply block out the example of Kyrgyz people-power. Perhaps we can even...
...turn ignited a guerrilla campaign (a tactic Mockler thinks the Ethiopians should have used from the beginning instead of suicidal frontal assaults). But not until Britain and Italy opposed each other in World War II did Italy's grip truly loosen. One of the attacking British contingents was a motley group called Gideon Force, led by Palestine Veteran and ardent Zionist Orde Wingate. Escorted by the force, Haile Selassie re-entered Addis Ababa in triumph...
...blue eyes. A dragon-edged jade disk vies for attention against vases of swirling Roman glass, Byzantine gold coins and a curious flock of tiny wooden geese that could almost pass for miniatures of the sculptures of Henry Moore. If not for the captions to remind us where the motley 300 objects on display were unearthed, it might be easy to forget that the subject of the show is China...
...addition to the radiant Pudding Pot, a gift basket with products from local retailers valued at approximately $5,000, and the undergraduates’ constant stream of verbal barbs, Robbins received a motley shower of additional presents. Towards the beginning of the roast, he was offered a baggie of what appared to be faux marijuana, which he swiftly pocketed...