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...luster to such poster-children of democracy as Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf, the army chief who anointed himself President after taking power in a coup. Musharraf talks the language of Western modernity and eloquently denounces extremism, but democracy in Pakistan is rationed by his hand. President Bush may rail against Syria's ruthless dictatorship, but his own security agencies happily cooperate with Syria's unlovely secret police in fighting al-Qaeda - Canada is up in arms, right now, over the case of a Syrian-born Canadian arrested in transit in New York on suspicion of al-Qaeda links...
Wearing only street clothes and a parka, KIRK JONES climbed a guard rail, slid into the Niagara River and plummeted headfirst over the 173-ft. Horseshoe Falls--becoming the first known person to survive the drop with no protection. He acknowledged that depression may have driven him to do it, but enthused, "I feel that I have reached out and touched the face of God. And he smiled...
...minute walk from the Quad. Further north, but still within easy walking distance, Porter Square offers up the closest Anna’s Taqueria, a much less crowded Pizzeria Uno’s, Blockbuster, TAGS hardware store, Star Market, several bars, a liquor store, access to the MBTA commuter rail and, a staple of college life at every other college in the nation except Harvard, McDonalds...
...INDICATORS A Few Small Repairs Network Rail, the owner of the U.K.'s rail infrastructure, moved all maintenance away from private contractors and back in-house - the biggest industry change since privatization...
...those who still insist that their cable problem is under control, who complain of their need to watch this or that show, who rail in favor of personal liberty and free choice—well, there’s always the junior common rooms. You’ll have time to recover from the exertion of walking thither as you sink into cable-induced Nirvana...