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Item number six in particular caught my eye. "Basically, he's a rebel at heart," Kurtz had written. One line beneath that, she noted that "he can be defiant to authority." Not exactly the kind of traits one would expect to see in the University's ultimate authority figure...
...decided to call Kurtz and probe a little deeper. What exactly did that mean, a "rebel at heart...
...Security Council, making an end to Saddam's oppression of his own people another of the conditions that Baghdad must meet to bring a formal cease-fire into effect. When the amendment failed to attract a majority, Paris substituted a resolution condemning Iraq's repression of rebel supporters that did pass, but it did not specify any measures to be taken if Baghdad refused to stop. Neither the international community nor the Kurds put much faith in Saddam's announced amnesty...
...revolution in motion equal to that of abstraction in painting. All modern choreographers are in her debt (some, like Merce Cunningham, because they rebel against her), but her influence goes beyond dance. Bette Davis, who called her "a straight line, a divining rod," learned how to fall down a flight of stairs in her classes; Richard Boone (Have Gun Will Travel) how to fall as if he had been shot. The kids who jazz-dance the night away are moving from the gut and the torso; those powerful thrusts began in her works...
While news of the rebel victory prompted surprise and appreciation from the U.S., it comes at what may be an awkward time. Tired of waiting for the rebels to prove themselves on the battlefield, Washington has begun urging the resistance to meet Soviet demands that the Najibullah government be allowed to participate in any postwar national elections. But the rebels, bolstered by their sudden success in taking Khost, want to press on with the war. Nudging the fighting parties toward a permanent peace settlement may be harder than ever...