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...lose." Bush was just as firm on his second point. "It is really important not just to go after the terrorists, but the people who harbor them," he said. Important to go after not only the states that support them, but the so-called "non-profit organizations" that slip them money on the side...
...last album, Renegades (2000). Apropos of another of its Renegades covers, Kick Out the Jams, Rage aimed to be a modern-day MC5, using hard-edged music to ram through a hard-nosed message that was less about peace and love than about old-fashioned, a-pink-slip-and-a-six-pack populist anger. But they were also one of the few acts in recent years to crack the charts with an unfiltered political message. They were, in their words, "calm like a bomb." Even higher-profile, socially conscious artists like Billy Bragg and Bruce Springsteen have seemed increasingly like...
...there. The only sound was the falling of dust and debris. No one moved under me. The weight of people on top of me got heavier. I couldn't breathe. I knew we were all going to die in that pile. I pulled myself out of the pile. My slip-ons slipped off. I stood up and saw nothing. Not even an inch in front of me. I put my hands out and felt for something. I bumped into the brick side of a building. I bumped into milk crates. I stopped. I had no idea what...
BREACHING THE GREAT WALL China and the U.S. may be at peace, but all is not quiet on the Internet front. According to the New York Times, the CIA and Voice of America are working with an Emeryville, Calif., start-up called Safeweb to help Chinese Web surfers slip around government censorship. The Chinese block access to certain websites--such as those affiliated with the banned Falun Gong movement--but Safeweb's technology will help Internet users disguise their movements online...
...Family Van demonstrated, lack of love is rarely the problem; it’s usually lack of education. Parents love their children and desperately want them to be successful. In the meantime, the pressures of day-to-day life are so frustrating, particularly in poor areas, that many children slip through the cracks into endless hours of T.V. babysitting, unhealthy eating habits, regular hooky from school and perpetually late bedtimes. To parents, children engaged in mindless activity don’t seem neglected, because at least the children are “occupied.” But really...