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...only reason Washington is worried about Laskar Jihad and its commandos. Once, a few dozen deaths in inter-religious violence on Sulawesi might have rated little more than a few minutes on CNN. But in the post-Sept. 11 world, battlefield victories by Laskar Jihad will have a profound impact on external debt negotiations, international investment and other issues critical to Indonesia's stability. Although there is little evidence that militant Islamic groups in Indonesia have links with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda, the growing strength of Laskar has already set alarm bells ringing in Washington. Noting the lack...
...They may not seems profound, but they’re Hillel’s greatest challenges,” Solomon-Schwartz said...
...Greater minds than mine see Charlie Brown's follies (pining for the red-haired girl, getting the football yanked away from him, having his kite eaten by a tree) as profound metaphors for man's struggle against the universe, among other things. Sort of a cartoon "Waiting for Godot," I guess. Something about the ease with which the characters got adopted by commercial interests gives me doubts about this. After so many years "Peanuts" began to feel more like comfort-art than anything challenging. But really, just entertaining the idea of Schulz's work as more than doodles means that...
...What's changed? Sept. 11 has had a profound impact on people's sense of security, on their personal priorities and on how they view the world. Will it last? For some, perhaps no more than a few days. For others, forever...
...literature could fail to incorporate the events of Sept. 11," says literary agent Ed Victor, whose clients include Frederick Forsyth and Erica Jong. "The imagery was so profound and the event so vivid and tangible that no one was left unaffected. As T.S. Eliot said, 'Humankind cannot bear very much reality,' and my writers are taking that...