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After almost a century of second-class citizenship, the Shi'ites are on the threshold of securing a major place in Iraqi politics. Up to now, most seemed to share the Shi'ite establishment's preference for the quietist approach that Sistani espouses: leave politics to the politicians while the clergy serves society's spiritual and social needs. Though the reclusive Sistani has exerted a strong influence over Iraq's temporary, U.S.-picked Governing Council to help ensure that Shi'ites will gain meaningful power for the first time, he has never sought a ruling role. Under his nonviolent guidance...
...Nearly a year later, he’s got a new threshold of pain. “Imagine you’re taking 6 classes, all with deadlines in the next few days, and your professors are standing over you, each asking you to read just a few more pages or complete one more problem set,” he says. “That’s kind of what this job is like...
...second half surge, thanks in large part to Mahler’s play, moved the Crimson to 5-0 in games in which it scores nine or more goals. Harvard is winless in its four games in which it failed to reach the nine-goal threshold. The trend held last night, as the defense kicked into gear just as the offense began to click, holding Woodson scoreless in the second half...
...suit. Now the impeachment process must grind forward, and from the standpoint of the endangered democratic system, none of the possible outcomes are reassuring. On one hand, the court may rule that Roh has violated his oath of office and must step down?in which case a perilously low threshold for rejecting the legitimacy of the people's highest elected representative will have been established for all future leaders of South Korea. On the other hand, the court may let Roh keep his job. Then the public will be forced to choose between a President they know...
...able to turn up my music because I like it.” (Ideally, then, I’d live alone in a warehouse.) The fact is that most of this stuff comes from club and rave culture, where booming soundsystems are the norm. Below a certain volume threshold, it loses effect—thus meaning—completely. Leftfield drum & bass producer Equinox makes dub basslines so deep (below 30 Hz) they’re barely audible at high volume on standard speakers. They’re meant to literally shake your body, seize your insides. And studio wizards...