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...play also sharpens the distinction between “The History Boys” and “The Dead Poet’s Society.” Although Irwin could easily be portrayed as the stock-character of a dispassionate figure against which the boys may rebel, he actually struggles with personal issues of his own. Hired to be the manifestation of the headmaster’s (James Smith) beliefs and expectations, Irwin is both annoyed and captivated by Hector’s eccentric teachings. However, his own attempts to remain unemotional and detached from the boys fail...
...Harvard Rebels: We know how to rebel. We come in here wanting to be doctors and work for NGOs, but we rebel and become I-bankers. You can try and kill us, but we have no souls...
...measures like this, but it has been forced into this position as it has to provide security to its capital and citizens," Sherry Rehman, the Information Minister and a senior member of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP), told TIME. "The opposition has clearly asked public officials to rebel, and this cannot be allowed by even the most pacifist government...
...February 2003, three American contractors crash-landed in the Colombian jungle and were captured by FARC, the country's long-lasting Marxist rebel group. For the next five years, the three were held hostage--many of their captors little more than brainwashed youths with guns--facing snakes, insects, disease and constant movement from one dank jungle camp to the next. But the character earning the most scorn in their lengthy account turns out to be a fellow captive. French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, whose rescue in the same mission that freed the authors made world headlines, comes...
...Shortly after their rescue, Stansell, Gonsalves and Howes met their hero, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who has led the offensive against the FARC and pledged to crush the rebel organization. Uribe is now considering a controversial move to change the Constitution and run for a third-consecutive term, a move that the Americans fully endorse. "He's the best president in probably 100 years," Howes says...