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...start." Throughout lunch, a plainclothes cop is standing by the window outside. "He is a police major," says Statkevich. "Not a bad guy, but he has to follow the kgb orders." A kgb of the old school is just part of what makes Lukashenko's Belarus such a throwback to the Soviet past. Statkevich is not the only opposition leader doing time: in the last decade, at least 4,000 citizens have been imprisoned on political charges. Under a law passed in 1998, any word or action interpreted as an offense against the President can be punished...
...ain’t my favorite track on his newest album, this one still is a pretty defining piece…an angel, wings of guitars, robe of cello, voice of Ken. 3. Musiq (Soulchild) - “Girl Next Door ft. Ayana”: This counts as a throwback now, doesn’t it? Oh, 2000, never mind that. You ever have that special lady friend with who you probably would have shared your grub, depending on how close you was? Yeah, no. 4. Feist - “Gatekeeper” (live KCRW radio session): Hello dear...
Early on Friday night, expectations for the first ever Mather House “throwback to middle school” slumber party were running high. “I imagine later on there will be a pillow fight,” said Jessica L. Jones ’06, a co-president of the Mather House Council and organizer of the party. But while the alcohol-free event attracted about 25 students at its peak, during a screening of “Sex and the City,” it soon fizzled. Ten students remained for the House-subsidized midnight...
...Indy car at 220 m.p.h., he says, the aerodynamics are so good, you can pretty much floor it all the time. "You're thinking about what you're going to have for dinner while you're sitting there," he says. Stock cars are heavier, 700-h.p. Neanderthals, custom-built throwback machines. "At the end of a straightaway, you've got to use the brakes and force 3,400 lbs. to change direction, which it doesn't want to do." And you've got other drivers who think nothing of sitting on your rear bumper, stealing your downdraft, making your...
...Buenos Aires, a recent poll showed 64% have a poor or very poor opinion of him. Elsewhere in the region, Bush's approval rating usually falls below 25%. Part of the problem is broad opposition to the Iraq war; another is the perception that Bush is a Monroe Doctrine throwback to heavy-handed U.S. interventionism in the region. That image caught fire after the Bush Administration was widely accused of backing a failed coup against Chavez in 2002 (a charge the White House denies). Fuel was added last summer when conservative televangelist Pat Robertson-a high-profile supporter of President...