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...Richard I. Melvoin '73, an Overseer and the headmaster of Belmont Hill School, exits Loeb House wearing a crimson tie laced with golden trees—the symbol of Radcliffe College...
...danger lie. However unsavory the résumé, says Alexis Debat, senior fellow at the Nixon Center and an expert in counterterrorism in South Asia, "it is always a smarter move to leave someone in place as long as you are getting reliable information." Noorzai's story is both a symbol and an example of this critical debate over means and ends. In addition to speaking to Noorzai exclusively in a two-hour phone interview granted after a court hearing, TIME has reviewed hundreds of pages of transcripts of secret meetings between him and U.S. government agents. They reveal an extraordinary...
...things have always gone on." But after close to a decade in office--and with the horror of Iraq, for which Blair is personally blamed--many in London's always frenzied media-and-politics village have decided that enough is enough. "What [this scandal has] become is a symbol of disengagement," says Katwala. "There's a strong link being made in the media by people who feel Iraq is still unfinished business and that this might be the next big thing. Is this where Blair gets caught...
...sudden prominence? As a symbol of a situation gone rancid, the weaponized child is nigh on irresistible. Aristotle would call him the essence of tragedy, a figure who inspires both pity and fear. Directors would call him a great scene setter. Even in an age when it's hard to get people to agree even on what they disagree about, nobody lobbies for sending children into battle, and the people who put them there serve as the kind of villains any storyteller would love. The first person the controversial International Criminal Court will try is a Congolese warlord accused...
...some might say that it's not that hard to have a work-life balance when the standard work week is just 35 hours.) Socialist presidential candidate Ségolène Royal is an unmarried mother of four, and plainly thinks that such a status - making her a symbol of the Frenchwoman's ability to balance a career and motherhood - is a boon to her campaign...