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...ears. When officials working for Tony Blair got first reports of Dannatt's newspaper interview, they wondered why he had taken the army's top job if he disagreed with its principal mission. When the full text arrived, Blair's aides decided that he was not frontally criticizing the PM's policy, but was instead sticking up for his beloved army in a less-than-media-savvy way. Blair held a press conference, stating that he agreed with every one of Dannatt's words. (Oh, sure: just imagine Blair saying that his ambitions for Iraq might have been naive, that...
...Bernstein and Lionel Trilling. Stay tuned, because next week, Arts will be taking an exclusive look at both the Bernstein fest and the Barenboim visit. Barenboim’s final two lectures will take place in the Paine Concert Hall today and on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 4:30 pm, both days. No tickets are required. For more information, call 617-495-2791. —Abe J. Riesman
...likely to be Japan's next PM...
...sets, and midterms. Yes, there are two midterms in each class, but they’re nothing to cry about. The problems sets are due weekly and won’t fry any brain cells as long as you don’t start them Thursday night at 11 PM. The labs aren’t always relevant to the course, but they’re easy points. If you’re having trouble with the work, the capable TFs are happy to assist you, but may be a little bewildered by some portions of the course they haven?...
...lifelong right-winger from conservative stock (his grandfather was arrested as a war criminal after World War II, though never charged), Abe has visited Yasukuni repeatedly in the past. So far he has refused to say whether he would go as PM, but even if Abe defuses tensions over Yasukuni, he has other ways to rile Japan's neighbors. For a start, local media reported last week that he has plans to revise the country's pacifist constitution to allow Japan's self-defense forces greater participation in allied military operations?a signal that he's eager for Japan...