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...suffering for the people if we go back to war." The militias had asked him if they could do just that, he added. "They said this country was won by the barrel of the gun and should we let it go at the stroke of a pen? Should one just write an X and then the country goes just like that?" This indivisibility of the interests of party and country has become a common regime refrain. On May 29, army Chief of Staff Martin Chedondo was quoted in the Herald telling his men their job was to defend ZANU...
...economy, globalization has been accompanied by a surge in xenophobia. The phenomenon may have taken a graphically violent form in South Africa recently, but even in Europe the surge of populist xenophobia since the 1990s has propelled previously fringe groups such as the British National Party, Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front in France, neo-Nazis in Germany and the assassinated Pim Fortuyn's eponymous party in the Netherlands into the political mainstream. Last October, the Swiss People's Party won the largest single share of the vote - 29% - in a general election using a campaign poster depicting three...
...Pete Rose. He's ignoring all the stuff he shares with his family, things like the house and the car and the pantry. Yet he's still not sure he can let go of all but 100 of his own possessions. Right now he's down to one nice pen, one mechanical pencil and one spork, although he counts that last utensil as part of a camping cooking set that includes two pots. And his current tally of 97 items doesn't include his toy trains, woodworking tools and a few other things he says he still needs to think...
...that we cover.Now, I am not suggesting that we take players’ gripes directly to press or that we should write columns drooling over the successes (and covering up the failures) of Harvard teams. However, it does seem to be our duty to use the power of the pen to the benefit of athletes when the situation demands it.When the Athletic Department shuts down a major facility without informing coaches or players—or, for that matter, almost anyone on campus—college journalists can stress athletes’ grievances and shed a critical light...
Faust also mentioned Knowles’ “legendary red pen,” and the appraising eye that the dean brought to the affairs of the Faculty...