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...budding careers of new and unrecognized musicians. She views DJing, busking and music publishing as natural steps in a career devoted to the belief that “everyone deserves a good song.” Lord admits that finding new talent has been difficult because of her strict standards. “But I found something and I want to work with that something in a big way,” she says enigmatically, hesitant to disclose her hidden treasure...
...willing to lay claim to a part of the political spectrum that falls outside of the “center,” defined at Harvard as pro-abortion, pro gay rights and supportive of strict environmental laws. Instead, we evaluate parties and politicians with blinders on, in respect only to their positions on the “hot three...
Voters in the Republic of Ireland rejected a government proposal to tighten the country's strict abortion laws. The proposed change to the constitution would have ruled out the threat of suicide as legal grounds for a termination of pregnancy. Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said he was disappointed with the result, which was carried by less than...
...safe to assume that the U.S. will be in no hurry to take yes for an answer. Washington is likely to demand the strictest inspection terms to prevent Saddam leading the international community on yet another dance of deception. Blix is expected to lay down a strict interpretation of the Security Council's requirements in his meeting with Iraqi officials, and has vowed to offer no "discounts." But the Iraqi demeanor will be an indicator of Saddam's game plan for the prelude...
IRAN Student Shutdown Reformists in Tehran suffered another setback last week when police and religious hard-liners closed the offices of the country's largest student group. The organization, the Office for Fostering Unity, strongly supported moves by President Mohammed Khatami to ease some of Iran's strict social laws. The police moved in, they claimed, to quell disputes between rival groups of students after right-wingers in the southern city of Shiraz claimed to have won control of the organization's council...