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Given their hugely profitable forays into Europe, it's not entirely clear why the Vikings chose to strike out across the forbidding Atlantic. One reason might have been a growing population; another might have been political turmoil. The search for such exotic trade goods as furs and walrus ivory might have also been a factor. The timing, in any event, was perfect: during the 9th century, when the expansion began, the climate was unusually warm and stable. Pastures were productive, and the pack ice that often clogged the western North Atlantic was at a minimum...
...seat conventional theater, an experimental theater complete with rotating stage, and a 2,000-seat concert hall. The cultural overhaul has taken nearly a half-century to get under way: former Premier Zhou Enlai first conceived of a national stage in 1958, but plans languished during both the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution and the no-frills practicality of the Deng Xiaoping era. It took President Jiang Zemin to convince the country's leaders that Beijing needed to replace its fraying theaters with a new cultural landmark. It is the city's biggest public cultural landmark since Mao Zedong...
...president's security doctrine suggests a more hostile or competitive relationship with the West than his predecessor's. And with Washington currently seized with enthusiasm for missile defense, that may even translate into a new nuclear arms race. Clinton-era conventional wisdom held that Russia's economic turmoil - and the West's ability to offer bailouts - neutralized Moscow's potential to mount geopolitical challenges to Washington. But Putin's message appears to be, "There's more to this than the economy, stupid...
...when denied proper legal proceedings at the university, the plaintiff was able to use VAWA to seek damages. Acknowledged or not, rape and other forms of gender violence constitute a problem that penetrates without compunction the ivy walls surrounding our own campus. Both enduring and watching others endure the turmoil of such violence is already a devastatingly painful experience; without the rights guaranteed by VAWA, the process of seeking reparations for our peers in the public sphere can be almost unbearable...
Most prominent is the turmoil caused by a housing market that has become increasingly expensive since Cambridge's rent control system was voted out by a statewide referendum...