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...stand to listen more to their countrymen who have voted with their feet. "I want to die in my country," says Fredys Villanueva, but not if he first can't find a job and affordable health care under Uribe. At the same time, says Castro, Chávez's "Robin Hood-type" government and its promotion of "social resentment" threaten to keep alienating a large swath of his country. As things are, however, it's doubtful that such voices stand to be heard above either Alvaro or Hugo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Venezuela vs. Colombia: The Battle Over Emigrés | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...They really put pressure on us,” UNH coach Robin Balducci said. “They really put us back on our heals...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Comes Up Short in Solid Performance | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...Pecados de mi Padre also delivers a poignant message from Marroquín to Colombian youths, some of whom still view his father as a romantic, Robin Hood-like figure and remain tempted by the wealth and power of a new generation of drug lords. "Marroquín knows his father was an evil man, and he doesn't want to be like his father," Lara says. "Coming from the son of the most important and violent drug trafficker ever ... He says, 'Hey, I'm the son of Pablo Escobar. Don't be like my father.' That's an important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Father, the Drug Lord: Pablo Escobar's Son | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...Robin Mount, director of the Office of Career Services, says that she believes having Dorm Crew on a resume might prove advantageous for certain professions. Library jobs, for example, might help students land a research position, while Dorm Crew might help with more hands on occupations—like medicine or banking, she says...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dorm Crew Imparts Practical Benefits | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

...favor of 1960s Soviet and Chinese films rife with revolutionary ideas. Foreign films are allowed to be shown in some contexts, such as the Pyongyang International Film Festival held every other fall, and in recent weeks state television has occasionally shown Disney films like Snow White, Cinderella and Robin Hood. But a wide selection of foreign films have always been available to the country's élites, having been smuggled in before the 1990s, though never at the rate that happens now. Kim Jong Il, the country's dictator, is said to own a library of more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soap-Opera Diplomacy: North Koreans Crave Banned Videos | 10/29/2009 | See Source »

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