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...could live with most aspects of Sarah Palin. I could live with her having only having run a small state for two years—quality is better than quantity. I could live with her not having a passport until 2006 —you don’t need a passport to hear briefings about countries, and with the economic meltdown, we have enough issues at home. I could live with her strong anti-abortion stance—even if Roe v. Wade falls, plenty of states will still keep abortion legal. I could even live with the fact...
...added. Alexander M. Groce, a first year graduate student in the department of Slavic Studies, said he found the talk engaging. “I thought it was very interesting, especially when she mentioned this idea of this international writer who can change things on the surface, like her passport, but is still intrinsically conflicted,” Groce said. The series of Slavic Literature and Cultural Seminars will continue throughout the 2008-2009 academic year with other well-known Slavic authors...
...Afghanistan was largely a result of bad timing. As the Taliban's control over Kandahar evaporated in December 2001, the Jazeera man joined dozens of other journalists attempting to enter Afghanistan from Pakistan. Pakistani border officials singled him out, he says, telling him there was a problem with his passport. But even when an intelligence officer arrived to take him away, the cameraman had little sense of danger - he felt sure his arrest was a mistake. He believes that U.S. officials had ordered the arrest of the al-Jazeera cameraman who had recorded the network's October 2001 interview with...
...Square already, she said that her store is “less fancy yet more fun.” “We have anything from $18 to $180,” she said. In July, Upper Crust, a Neapolitan-style pizzeria (49b Brattle Street) opened. And this month, Passport (43 Brattle Street), Looks (11-13 Holyoke Street), and Topaz (11 Dunster Street) opened. Passport sells travel clothing and accessories; Looks sells women’s clothing; and Topaz offers women’s jewelry and gifts, The store owners said that their goals are both to sell elegant...
...possible, with the assistance of a good backroad atlas and a knack for knowing which turns are more interesting than others, to spend a lot of time seeing America. A century of inspired roadbuilding blessed this country with an impressive asphalt grid begging for travel. There are no passport tangles to worry about, the currency exchange is easy, and the language barrier—excepting a few regional absurdities—is nonexistent...