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...Sarkozy has made a point lately of assuming a more discreet posture, leaving day-to-day management and communication to his ministers. That has caused the ambition of several government officials to bloom, generating considerable tension between jostling members. Policy announcements by certain ministers have been immediately followed by conflicting responses from others. This week, for example, it was announced then rapidly contradicted that the state would stop subsidizing rail tickets for large families...
Meanwhile in Baghdad, tension continues to boil in the vast Shi'ite slum of Sadr City. The neighborhood was to have remained locked down until Saturday, when the government was set to lift a curfew that has been in place since fighting broke out between government forces and the Mahdi Army at the end of last month. Residents of the beleaguered neighborhood - where American forces are assisting the Iraqi military in daily operations - say the situation remains bleak, and most are subsisting without water or electricity. "It was quieter today, but the streets are empty. We heard some bombing from...
...lives. I personally believe that the worst thing you could do for your children is to say, 'My dream for you is to do X.' Because, boy, if you aren't lucky enough to pick their natural inclination and desire, you've just set up a situation of tremendous tension that may not work out well...
...properly discovered by a thoughtful performance of “Arcadia,” Tom Stoppard’s comedic masterpiece, which will run at the Loeb Ex through April 12. The play deals with topics as large as the uncertainty of history, determinism, and entropy, but the tension between order and disorder in the play does not extend to this crisp production.The themes and structure of “Arcadia” are complex: set in two alternating time periods at the same estate in the English countryside, the play is split between 1809 and 1989, cutting between...
...people’s hearts, it still rings true and can lead to more unity,” he said. Drawing on Obama’s speech, panelist Kareemah L. Sabur ’09, the community outreach director for Harvard Admissions Scholars, proposed that the solution to racial tension lies in making the black struggle part of the American struggle. “Suddenly, me helping you out is not me losing, but helping the nation,” she said, “That’s how it should be framed...