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...start. Invaders are not the only ones who get bogged down in Russia's vast expanses. So do reformers. They are defeated by geography and by the millions of apparatchiks who are masters at blocking, diverting, distorting, delaying and eventually destroying policies they do not like. Reforms aim to transform Russia, notes the country's greatest historian, Vasili Klyuchevsky, but they end up being transformed by Russia. Putin can cut Berezovsky down to size. He can jail oligarchs, scare governors and level Chechen villages. But actually transforming Russia will take more than just political will and cunning. It will also...
Following in Darwin's wake won't transform every child into a genius, but it may arouse a lifelong passion to understand the natural world. And the 10-day Quito and Galapagos Islands Cruise, with lecturers from WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, WELLESLEY COLLEGE and MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL, is designed to awaken the scientist that lurks in everyone. The journey (cost: $3,150 to $5,950; call 800-221-1944 for more information) begins July 31 with three days in Quito, where travelers eat lunch in a restaurant built on the edge of a volcanic crater, straddle the equator at the Middle...
...problem arose when the clubs decided half-heartedly to transform themselves. They gave up their secrecy and a lot of their bigotry. The Porcellian admitted its first Jewish member in the mid-70's and the Fox had a black president in the early 80's. But they refused to admit women, as did their counterpart Yale society, the Skull and Bones (of which George W. is a member). Currently, they exist as an unholy cross between fraternity and secret society...
...arrangement of simple coloring-book cut-outs with scribbles on white, "Carrying on in the Great Tradition = Men are Men and Women are Dolls or Madonnas," critiques with simplicity, detachment and humor. Another recurring subject is the body. Roblee Hoffman's "Virtual Group" suggests the capacity of technology to transform but not erase the material body and biological identity. Tom Hauck, in "Sacred and Profane Love," targets conflicting images of sexuality as represented by mainstream society, moral codes and our impulsive biology. The struggle is phrased as the question of whether or not to reproduce-a baby wriggles between "sacred...
...arrangement of simple coloring-book cut-outs with scribbles on white, "Carrying on in the Great Tradition = Men are Men and Women are Dolls or Madonnas," critiques with simplicity, detachment and humor. Another recurring subject is the body. Roblee Hoffman's "Virtual Group" suggests the capacity of technology to transform but not erase the material body and biological identity. Tom Hauck, in "Sacred and Profane Love," targets conflicting images of sexuality as represented by mainstream society, moral codes and our impulsive biology. The struggle is phrased as the question of whether or not to reproduce-a baby wriggles between "sacred...