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...people. Not being able to take care of your own people, becoming the worst nightmare, doesn't make you a leader. It makes you a monster. If you live by violence, you die by violence." The crowd was stunned. Berating Robert Mugabe, the 83-year-old autocrat who has overseen his country's implosion, was an invitation to be deported, jailed, even killed. Agents from his feared Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) pushed through the crowd, making for the stage. And then, as one, the audience erupted, cheering and clapping Kidjo and blocking the CIO men. Kidjo was bundled...
...What makes this massive undertaking significant is that all this information will be overseen by paid experts (known as "stewards") to ensure accuracy, and each portal will be contextualized in relation to other portals. For example, the expert of the Ocean portal can grant editorial control to a steward for the Reef Portal, then in turn the Fish Portal, then the Shark Portal, The Angel Fish Portal, and so on. "The editorial network builds itself, like a tree, so it grows organically and exponentially, with editors choosing editors," says Firmage, 36. "It creates a global editorial room allowing for checks...
...Socialist Party's hard-left flank. "It's clear that to avoid the right sweeping again, the Socialist Party will have to refocus and regroup, and bond with the wider left to win as many seats in parliament as possible," agree Socialist official Henri Weber. "That will be overseen by members of the party's leadership...
...Counter added. “I try to encourage young black men to develop family values, honesty, and a commitment to learning and education.” Counter has directed the Harvard Foundation for 26 years, and for the last 14 of those years he has overseen its annual science conference—its “day of science”—which brings about 100 students of all ages to Harvard to learn about scientific endeavors from professors and undergraduates. Counter said he felt that community service was the “responsibility of all faculty...
Moyo seemed to realize he was working for the bad guys. "The country is ruined," he said one day. Shame fueled his need for respect. He was haunted by the prospect of someday being called to account for the abuses he has overseen. "You cannot say anything against me," he would say. Mugabe's greatest trick is to make sure people fear him more than they hate him, and hate themselves most...