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...hardly a secret to the top Soviet army brass and political bosses," Baranets told TIME, "that the U.S.S.R. assisted Iraq in developing its chemical and bacteriological weapons. According to some data, several extremely well-paid Russian chemical-warfare experts still work in Iraq under assumed names." When sanctions first went into effect, says Baranets, the Russian government shut off shipments to countries on the U.N. embargo list. Later, "controls weakened and slackened, while economic considerations took over the political ones. As of the second half of 1993, Russia resumed sending major military supplies to the Middle East. They used...
...kind of place, got medieval last week as the Big Game, the yearly clash with Stanford, turned ugly. Daily Californian columnist Guy Branum printed the name of CHELSEA CLINTON'S dorm and told his fellow Berkeley students to "show your spirit on Chelsea's bloodied carcass." Go, team! The Secret Service, however, didn't find those words so inspiring and instead bum-rushed Branum's dorm while they were in town for a Hillary Clinton speaking engagement. Agent Chris Van Holt showed up on campus to check Branum's medical records and search his room--and the spunky undergrad taped...
...worship him. He hypnotizes the town's women into running maniacally wild in the mountains. They are known as the Bacchae. Pentheus, the ruler of Thebes, tries to capture Dionysos in his human form. He also humiliates the god and his female band of helpers, called Maenads. Pentheus's secret desire to watch the lurid actions of the Bacchae is so strong, however, that Dionysos easily tricks him into dressing as a woman so he can observe the possessed women safely. In a cruel twist of divine intervention, Pentheus's own mother, Agave, leads the Bacchae in decapitating him with...
Benjamin Evett is perfect as the borderline-scummy Pentheus. He and his arrogant band of secret service agents, complete with slicked hair and alligator-green suits (and, yes, sandals), really make it easy to hate this pompous leader who mocks his own grandfather. By the time Pentheus succumbs to Dionysos's offer of a chance to watch the Bacchae, and shamefully puts on a dress as the Maenads hoot and catcall, the audience feels little pity towards him. His imminent doom is not a tragedy; it is simply a foolish leader's receiving his just desserts. Yet during the drag...
Given the admittedly bland tastes of the committee, why do the names of the candidates have to be secret, anyway. Last year, the names of various potential speakers--including the comedian Jerry Seinfeld, the actor Tom Hanks and the eventual Class Day speaker, record-producer Quincy Jones--did not become public until spring. (Attention candidates for the council presidency: ever consider sunshine laws at Harvard?) Of course, the intricacies of procedure are in place for good reason, i.e. to "protect the candidates," in the words of one committee member. This translates to "We want control." Would not a ballot with...