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...Nevertheless, there are a few things that put a slight damper on the production. First of all, fans of The Who may not embrace the production’s rendition of “Pinball Wizard.” Though there is nothing particularly wrong or lacking with the staging or singing of the number, the fact that The Who are not performing it, and that the orchestration is altered for the theatrical version, make it less than fulfilling...
There are occasional challenges to public funding for say, nativity scenes, but by now, most of these symbols of the season have become secularized to the point that they are just part of the holiday backdrop. Nevertheless, those who do not celebrate Christmas occasionally argue that the public display of symbols have religious overtones which limits their enjoyment of these public spaces. The question of how to acknowledge the holiday season without offending anyone’s sensibilities is an annual struggle for students. This year, there has been a controversy broiling over the Leverett House e-mail list about...
...impossible, given their diversity, to paint one picture of women living under Islam today, it is clear that the religion has been used in most Muslim countries not to liberate but to entrench inequality. The Taliban, with its fanatical subjugation of the female sex, occupies an extreme, but it nevertheless belongs on a continuum that includes, not so far down the line, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Pakistan and the relatively moderate states of Egypt and Jordan. Where Muslims have afforded women the greatest degree of equality--in Turkey--they have done so by overthrowing Islamic precepts in favor of secular rule...
Israel's new tactic comes on the heels of the failed Sept. 26 cease-fire reached by Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres. Blaming Arafat for ensuing West Bank violence that left nearly 200 dead, Ben-Eliezer says Israel has chosen to work with "dignified leaders" instead. Nevertheless, Palestinian sources say Arafat is not out of the loop. They claim he is secretly okaying every deal and in fact sees an upside: local truces allow for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Palestinian neighborhoods without his commitment to a full cease-fire...
...What's changed? Demand for security and screening technology has skyrocketed. Will it last? Yes, because the fear of more terrorist strikes is unlikely to diminish any time soon. Nevertheless, technology can't replace good old-fashioned vigilance...