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Before the sea of change that revolutionized the Office of Information Technology (OIT) this fall, Harvard's information technology stronghold hoped to be like John Winthrop's vision of Boston: The city on a hill...
Unlike those bagatelles, Kabila's threat to Mobutu is very real. The rebels control a chunk of territory 1,000 miles long. By last Saturday, Kabila's forces had not only taken the airport at Kisangani, the government's last major stronghold in the east, but had also captured the city. Mobutu's troops have been powerless to stop them. His success has instilled Kabila with such confidence that he seems to regard victory as a foregone conclusion. "This regime is completely worn out," he said with a laugh during an interview with TIME. "Mobutu can go wherever he wants...
...Union, where some 100,000 people have died in civil unrest since early 1992, is being drawn into the brutal war across its southern border in Afghanistan. Officials in Tajikistan as well as Moscow (which is propping up the Tajik government) say the southern town of Kulyab, the political stronghold of Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov, has become a major resupply base for Afghan forces opposed to the Taliban, the fundamentalist Islamic fighters who have taken control of much of Afghanistan in the past year. Sources have told TIME the military aid either comes directly from Russia or is being supplied...
...press releases or committee reports marked the revolutionary changes of the past year in what was once Harvard's information technology stronghold, the Office of Information Technology...
Utah has long been a conservative stronghold. Since Mormon leader Brigham Young led his followers to their new desert home in 1847, the church has dominated both politics and daily life. In 1991 Utah passed the strictest abortion law in the country, permitting the procedure only in cases of rape and incest, or if the mother's life is endangered. The Beehive State also leads the country in number of hours its citizens work--an average of 48 per week, more even than the notorious workaholic Japanese. Democrats do have a toehold with Representative Bill Orton, but in 1992 even...