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...barrier along which in years past many an East German had been shot while trying to escape; at times the Wall almost disappeared beneath waves of humanity. They tooted trumpets and danced on the top. They brought out hammers and chisels and whacked away at the hated symbol of imprisonment, knocking loose chunks of concrete and waving them triumphantly before television cameras. They spilled out into the streets of West Berlin for a champagne-spraying, horn-honking bash that continued well past dawn, into the following day and then another dawn. As the daily BZ would headline: berlin is berlin...
...pieces, parts and plants needed to make a nuclear device. Although Iranian officials insist that Iran's ambitions are limited to nuclear energy, the regime has asserted its right to develop nuclear power and enrich uranium that could be used in bombs as an end in itself--a symbol of sovereign pride, not to mention a useful prop for politicking. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has crisscrossed the country in recent months making Iran's right to a nuclear program a national cause and trying to solidify his base of hard-line support in the Revolutionary Guards. The nuclear program...
...Deductive Logic” like tourists fall for John Harvard’s shiny shoe. Whether it’s one nasty midterm or one nasty rub, it only takes one sticky encounter before you know better. Unsuspecting innumerates hear the class deals only with their buddy the symbol. Then they close-read the title and deduce something of their own: Deductive Logic. No numbers! Only reason! Deduce again literati: this is a class on proofs, which you’ll remember are hell. Deductive Logic is a lotta things—“a Philosophy requirement?...
...many social sciences to choose from and for those prone to dabbling, Sociology is an all-you-can-eat buffet. Housed on the 5th and 6th floors of William James Hall, the department is smaller than most of the other social sciences. Trekking to the massive phallic symbol, inconveniently located on Kirkland Street, can be hell on a snowy day, but you can spend that extra time thanking your lucky stars you`re not going to Vanserg. The building offers two roomy lecture halls (usually reserved for cores and graduate classes) and a labyrinth of cramped classrooms...
...state funeral; that sort of pomp did not match his democratic temper. Anyway, the spontaneous mourning is a fitting tribute to the way Irwin lived and a gut reaction to the shock of his early departure. No longer will he carry the top weight. The next Australian symbol, whenever one emerges, will find Irwin a singular act to follow...