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...says. "In order to be original, you have to listen to your desires and be indulgent about getting them. If you're not happy, you can't be a muse. You have to be yourself. And how can you be yourself if you're taking the subway to work every day and chained behind a desk? You become uninspired and therefore not inspiring." I am memorizing some of these lines to use on my boss...
...another reminder of how dangerous the country has become since President Vladimir Putin came to power. While Putin has imposed draconian curbs on the media and created a tame Parliament, he has not been able to pacify Chechnya, the breakaway republic whose separatists were swiftly blamed for the subway bombing. In 1999 Putin, then a new and little-known Prime Minister, made his name by ordering the reinvasion of Chechnya. Military commanders promised a speedy victory; instead, a radical, fundamentalist wing of the guerrilla movement has brought the war to the heart of Russia. In the past nine months, more...
...Putin has imposed draconian curbs on the media and created a tame parliament - some of whose members are now urging him to extend the presidential term from four to seven years - he has not been able to pacify Chechnya, the breakaway republic whose separatists were swiftly blamed for the subway bombing. In 1999 Putin, then a new and little-known Prime Minister...
...tough new antiterrorist measures, including the expulsion of Chechens from Moscow, declaration of a state of emergency and the lifting of a moratorium on the death penalty. Dmitry Rogozin, a deputy speaker of the Duma, demanded the postponement of next month's presidential elections. The audacity of the subway attack has again exposed Russia's vulnerability to terrorism. While Russian law requires nonresidents of Moscow to report to police on arrival and state their business, Russian police and security structures are so corrupt that Chechen fighters can move around the capital with little fear of getting caught. Any unofficial visitor...
Proponents of the fare hike claim that Boston’s subways and buses are still the cheapest in the country, but inhabitants of poor and poorly serviced neighborhoods can testify that paying separately for rides on a bus and a subway for the same trip is hardly a bargain. And the MBTA’s disregard for low-income users goes far beyond its fares. On the Orange Line, which serves many low-income neighborhoods, subways have been known to run once every half-hour. The Silver Line has turned out to be an ersatz subway route covered mostly...