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...grievances" began on her honeymoon and never ceased. Sex was an issue from day one and came to a complete halt some time between 1911-14. Ambitious and blinkered, Emily, the daughter of a Viceroy of India, sought out heroes. Her husband, with his obscure origins and shameless pursuit of the rich and powerful, was never to be one. And yet, as Ridley capably demonstrates, the marriage survived through numerous lengthy separations and intense extramarital relationships. Divorce was less common then than now, and it suited both partners to live their lives in parallel compartments. Architecture kept Ned, sane...
...Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, was involved in the decision to attack Shehade, his membership is growing restless. Dalia Rabin-Pelosoff, daughter of slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, quit her post as deputy defense minister Tuesday, saying she could not remain in a government that had abandoned her father's pursuit of peace...
...officer was dispatched on the report of a security guard in foot pursuit of a subject that was observed breaking into a vending machine at Conant Lab. Check of the area came back with negative results. The suspect is described as a white male, thirty years of age, full beard, wearing blue jeans, a backpack and a puffy black coat...
...attack on cultural cooperation, with a particular group singled out for collective punishment, violates the essential spirit of scholarly freedom and the pursuit of truth,” Greenblatt wrote. “Such an act is intellectually and morally bankrupt...
...pursuit of knowledge does not suddenly come to a halt at national borders,” Greenblatt wrote. “This does not mean that serious scholars must be indifferent to the world’s murderous struggles, but it does mean that they are committed to an ongoing, frank conversation...