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...refused to become a Communist Youth member. In high school, after openly criticizing the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Payá was sent to a Cuban labor camp for three years. Rather than escape to Miami in the 1980 Mariel boatlift, he stayed in Cuba to work for democratic reform. More than two decades later, his efforts are suffering a backlash - they moved Castro to launch his harshest crackdown ever. In the past few months, 54 leaders of Payá's dissident groups - the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) and the Varela Project - have been convicted of treason and sentenced...
...salt-less bread and a few minutes walking distance to their daily lives, none of the freshmen regret their decision. “Living in the Co-op, it actually feels like I’m living my own life,” says Marglin, daughter of Ec 10 reform champion Barker Professor of Economics Stephen A. Marglin and a designated compost specialist in the Co-op. “It felt a little bit regressive to have my cooking and cleaning taken care of for me. I like the feeling of ownership that I have here...
...only way to reform in France is to say something and do another,” he said, calling it “reform by stealth...
After graduation, Rockwell pursued a doctorate from Berkeley in German cultural history, writing his dissertation on operatic reform in Berlin in the 1920s. He freelanced in California before joining the New York Times in 1972 as a classical music critic...
...aura of invincibility at home. That may have been important for the regime, but it may also have been a liability. Ordinary Saudis, not only fundamentalists, feel their government has been too subservient to the U.S. So this may actually work in favor of those pushing for internal reform, because the U.S. presence had soured many on the royal family. Now that the Americans are getting out and the relationship will be recast as one of mutual respect, it will help government reformists focus on domestic issues related to Saudi Arabia's development...