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Most of the inner walls of the building, built in the 1920s, were torn down and more handicapped access, including ramps and an elevator, was added. The building now boasts three ground- level handicapped entrances...
...America's presence in Europe, particularly in the war torn Balkan States, is more important now than ever, former assistant secretary of state Richard C. Holbrooke said yesterday at the Yenching Lecture Hall...
...also the third time in six years a Pakistani Prime Minister has been kicked out in midterm. While the move is ominous for the fate of democracy, Leghari had other danger signals to consider. In the past few weeks, protests by the country's main Islamic party had torn into major cities, including Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. The cry in the streets was corruption. And in Pakistan the figure most often paired with that word is Asif Ali Zardari, Bhutto's husband and the Minister of Investment. On Tuesday, Zardari had been detained, and at one point Bhutto was reportedly...
...play's energy only slows down towards the end, when Valmont and Mertueil's scheme starts to wreak havoc in their own lives. Valmont is torn between La Presidente de Tourvel, whom he claims to have fallen in love with, and La Marquise de Mertueil, who holds considerable power over him. The sense of unspoken attachment between Leach and Brawley is perhaps too good, because this turn of events does not seem believable. There is a fatal swordfight between Valmont and Le Chevalier Danceny that continues for too long, stretching out the play's final scenes when they should...
...looked at me as if I had gone mad. He didn't think it was something to joke about--nor do I. I wasn't joking, simply repeating the oft-heard responses to the crime of rape. On the day that this innocent child was victimized, and her future torn forcefully and mercilessly from her, more than 469 other women and girls were also raped. They are also innocent victims. They do not deserve to be asked about their sexual histories, or what clothes they were wearing. They ought not be obliged to prove their innocence. We ought not withhold...