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Last week, rallies to demand the closure of a gold and copper mine run by U.S.-based Freeport-McMoRan in Indonesia's Papua province turned violent, leaving three policemen and one air force officer dead. But the real surprise is that violence didn't break out sooner. Papuans have long seen the mine as a symbol of Jakarta's unequal share of the proceeds from the province's natural resources-and the roots of their resentment go even deeper. The remote province, whose inhabitants are ethnically distinct from the rest of the country, was forcibly taken over by Indonesia...
Even in 50 years, when the Houses are clustered around the student center of present-day dreams and stories of the walk from Mather to Pfoho have reached epic proportions (uphill...both ways), undergraduates will still be sharing money, space, books, and time with their graduate peers. The sooner this becomes a good thing, the better...
...NASCAR nuts who regularly show up every weekend. As you get closer to Stewart's rear bumper, a couple of things start to happen, not all of them good. First, Tony gets ticked off. Don't worry--Tony gets ticked off at everyone sooner or later. Second, you might not have control of your car, especially as the speed nears 200 m.p.h. "The way you pass somebody at Talladega is the same as you do on the interstate--you turn left," says veteran Kyle Petty. "But at 150 to 180, the car doesn't necessarily want to turn left." Reason...
...normalcy. He had already played his part: the opening act of hateful bravura, unburdened by conscience, in what will be an extended expatiation of all guilt. Milosevic will be buried. It is now up to the survivors to ensure that the spirit of Milosevic is buried too. And the sooner the better...
...their primary caregiver. For husbands in interracial marriages, Elwert and Christakis found that the wife’s race played the deciding role. A white husband who lost his black wife experienced no widowhood effect, while a black husband who survived his white wife was more likely to die sooner. “Women help the health of husbands by providing social connections,” Christakis explained, noting that a woman’s family and friends play a role in aiding her surviving husband after her death. Christakis suggests that African-Americans tend to have a stronger kinship...