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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...border with Bangladesh is the only solution to prevent migrants and terrorists from Bangladesh infiltrating India [Feb. 16]. I can understand that there may be economic disparities and security threats. However, before enclosing Bangladesh with a fence, India's government should place the top priority on helping its neighbor stand on its own feet by boosting Dhaka's economy and shining the way for its poorer, smaller neighbor. After all, India is one of the new superpowers of Asia. It should start acting the part. Tadashi Kawabe, Fukuoka, Japan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...offstage when clearing set pieces from a restaurant scene. Particularly affecting is the tap ballet routine during the play-within-a-play performance of the song “42nd Street” by Krull. Krull exemplifies the triple threat this show demands. Her character Peggy needs to naturally stand out in a line of chorines, “specks of dust on the stage” according to Marsh, and Krull does. Her performance as Peggy is never too naïve or calculating; she strikes just the right chord of vulnerability and wide-eyed excitement. As Roach sings...

Author: By Ali R. Leskowitz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: '42nd Street' Dances Its Way to Success | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...more than three decades Detroit's Big Three and their allies have successfully blocked or limited changes to the nation's fuel-economy rules. However, with General Motors and Chrysler LLC facing bankruptcy, the carmakers are making what could be one last stand, and this one they may well lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California and Detroit Go to War over Gas Mileage | 3/8/2009 | See Source »

...concerned, they talk about 'How do we change what is going on here? How do we get rid of corruption?'" says Abbas. "And if in some sense you find that jihad can help you in those aims, then why not?" It's a convolution of the adolescent craving to stand out. And Pakistani society, steeped in nihilistic passions fostered by the state sponsorship of jihad, condones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Making of a Mumbai Terrorist | 3/8/2009 | See Source »

...remarked “I have all the time in the world to remember every book I ever read and spend as long as I like exploring it from every angle in my imagination.” This in turn “strengthened [his] resolve and ability to stand resolutely against the dictatorship and to keep [himself] alive.” To represent in the world of arts and humanities the lives of others who are “hidden from history” is to recognize the ephemeral power of the imagination...

Author: By Erica A. Sheftman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Witness'ing the Interplay Between Arts and Rights | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

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