Word: rife
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...Bernarda Alba” is, in fact, a “social experiment,” according to Birnbaum, asking what would happen were men to disappear. Set in rural Spain, the cloistered home of matron Bernarda Alba, played by Alexandra C. Palma ’08, is rife with internal female conflict and external societal tensions. The cast, which is comprised of nine female actors, includes Ellen C. Quigley ’07 as Poncia, a servant, and Olga I. Zhulina ’09, as the fiery youngest daughter Adela...
...Social Security? I am no expert, but it would be nice to hear that debate from those who are. Jules Kopel-Bailey Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. Iraq is a strategically important country in the Middle East, a region whose resources the whole world depends upon and one that is rife with ruthless dictatorships that spawn much of the world's terrorist activity. So was the war worth it? That depends. Is human freedom worth it? Garry Chapman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. Your "wide array of experts and thinkers" was largely characterized by hand-wringing, worrywart American élites (save...
Iraq is a strategically important country in the Middle East, a region whose resources the whole world depends on and one that is rife with ruthless dictatorships that spawn much of the world's terrorist activity. So was the war worth it? That depends--is human freedom worth...
...parties the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) in Erbil and the adjoining Dohuk governorates, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Suleymania Governorate. The two parties monopolize power in their respective territories, and their despotic tendencies threaten civil liberties and the fledgling democratic process, creating an environment that is rife with corruption and repression. Frustration at this dual monopoly appear to have been behind a violent outburst yesterday at Halabja, the town on which Saddam Hussein inflicted a barbaric chemical attack in 1988, killing 5,000. It was the anniversary of the atrocity, and the mob destroyed the government-sanctioned...
...pyramid! In 2005, the USDA replaced its 1992 food pyramid with a new version, which Walter C. Willett, Frederick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, dubbed “a complete joke.” The pyramid’s recommendations (heavy on dairy, meat, and grains) are rife with political undertones, according to Jami M. Snyder, Communications Coordinator of Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS). “It’s very convenient for the industry,” Willett said. “Everyone’s in the game.” So Willett created...