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Herded into concentrated areas without armed security, the refugees, are now like fish in a barrel for the janjaweed. For those women (mainly widows) who dare stray too close to the borders of the camps in their foraging for food or water, not only will they be captured, beaten, raped and murdered, but recently the janjaweed have taken to slicing the skin off the faces of the women’s corpses so that they will be unrecognizable by their families—that is, if they have any family members that survive the camps...
...musician known for his capacity to stray from audience expectations, the concert can be called nothing short of an intensely pleasurable retrospective of Dylan’s greatest hits and most captivating recent pieces. The 14 song set, plus unforgettable encores of “All Along the Watchtower” and “Like a Rolling Stone,” combined a perfect balance of old and new Dylan, including five from the most recent album Love and Theft (2001), as well as recognizable classics such as “Forever Young?...
...instance, Pasquarello says that an animal-rights advocate once called in to report that a stray turkey was meandering on Brattle Street—eliciting him to quip “about getting some cranberry sauce...
Looking at the concentration distribution for Harvard’s varsity athletes and surveying the motivations behind their concentration choices, it seems that not only do most athletes stray from the courses of study expected of them by their peers, but those who do stick to the “typical jock” majors are rarely motivated by the promise of an easy ride to a college degree...
...answer this, we need to understand why media outlets form their own, unique biases. Research has shown that people tend to watch news from media outlets which share their own opinions. That means it’s in the interest of media companies to stray from absolute neutrality. Slant the news a little, and you’ve instantly differentiated your newspaper or TV station from the competition. Add headlines more sensationalized and jingoistic than your competitors, and you’ve instantly beaten them. Wooden information-deliverers like Carol Marin don’t stand a chance against...