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...fear is not the adversary the U.S. wants to face across the bargaining table. But assuming that Kim is driven primarily by a desire to stay in power, he might realize his nuclear plan has a fundamental flaw. Using or threatening to use the bomb will almost certainly spell the end of his regime, no matter the cost. Logic should be telling him that the only sure way he can survive is by giving up his nukes, in return getting much-needed aid and living to be obnoxious another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joining the Club | 5/14/2003 | See Source »

...just beginning. She had been out only a few months when the police picked her up again, this time for allegedly saying (she denies it) "I hate Saddam." She was taken, she says, to the Khadamiya Prison for women, for a six-month spell with long stretches in solitary confinement. She was tortured and beaten by other prisoners. "The wardens told the other women that since I was an enemy of Uday, they had permission to do whatever they wanted to me," Nouman says. "The women wanted to please the wardens, so they were constantly slamming me against the walls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forever A Prisoner | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

...dope knows, the real problem is misogyny—a big word for the ed page, and a hard one to spell. Unlike beer, misogyny is something some people can’t see, and most would prefer not to look for. How can you create a plan to root out something of which there’s a little lurking in every soul? If you thought a dry campus was an impossible goal, try a misogyny-free one. It’s needless to say which I’d prefer, since the choice isn’t likely...

Author: By Madeleine S. Elfenbein, | Title: Join the Club | 5/2/2003 | See Source »

...Korean culture. Jung S. Lee ’04, another troupe co-leader, estimates that it dates back several centuries and that it is the oldest of Korean folk arts traditions. Dancing and drumming is the type of thing farmers would do in order to unwind after a long spell in the fields, Lee says. Ahn says drumming “tended to be the music of the common people…farmers especially...

Author: By Josiah P. Child, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Drummers Beating With ‘One Heart’ | 4/30/2003 | See Source »

...million cut from the state budget looms larger because of federal and private matching funds and would spell disaster for the 19 crisis centers based in Massachusetts. Last year alone, these centers handled 13,397 hotline calls and provided counseling services to 2,726 victims. Further, many of these crisis centers are over 70 percent dependent on government funding, and this budget cut would almost certainly force their closures—leaving the individuals they have helped without any assistance...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Supporting Crisis Centers | 4/30/2003 | See Source »

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