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...Alliance has its own elite corps deployed near Kabul. Visiting Western journalists often portray the Alliance's militia of part-time, agrarian soldiers as representative of the rebel force as a whole. But that picture is misleading. A zarbati, or strike unit, of some 1,200 uniformed, well-trained fighters is massed north of the capital. The best of the bunch, the Guards Brigade, was created by the late mujahedin commander Ahmed Shah Massoud--even in death the spiritual leader of the Northern Alliance--and comprises several infantry assault battalions backed up by Russian T-55 and T-62 tanks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Afghan Way of War | 11/11/2001 | See Source »

...pieces, the picture that the box frames has a black background and a burst of color. The names are simplistic and self explanatory: “Etherea Red”, “Etherea Blue” and “Etherea Yellow,” and all three portray images that resemble basic shapes found in nature...

Author: By Michaela O. Daniel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lite Brite: Not Just For Kids | 11/2/2001 | See Source »

...Levering slithers and writhes and wraps her legs around Bierko as seductively as Cyd Charisse used to envelop Gene Kelly. Not only is this a rare Broadway musical where the dance numbers actually illuminate character and enhance the story; it's also one of the few that manages to portray sexual passion convincingly. Seldom do I believe that a couple onstage are really attracted to each other. Here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Uneven — But Surprisingly Good — 'Thou Shalt Not' | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...Levering slithers and writhes and wraps her legs around Bierko as seductively as Cyd Charisse used to envelop Gene Kelly. Not only is this a rare Broadway musical where the dance numbers actually illuminate character and enhance the story; it's also one of the few that manages to portray sexual passion convincingly. Seldom do I believe that a couple onstage are really attracted to each other. Here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadway and Beyond: An Uneven — But Surprisingly Good — 'Thou Shalt Not' | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...clock. Regardless, it is not a tour guide’s role to offer opinions on policies about which there are a diversity of views. We welcome the “puzzled applicant’s most profound questions” and we answer them honestly. Do we portray Harvard in a positive light? Yes. Are we disingenuous or bent on sugarcoating our responses...

Author: By Jonathan C. Gruber, | Title: Crimson Key Tours Give the Straight Story | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

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