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...killing 49 deer in one weekend. Mackenzie is right at home in the landscape, with the double-humpbacked mountain of Suilven and the Abhainn na Clach Airigh River rushing through the moorlands. But last August, as he strode out to bag his first stag of the season, everything seemed unfamiliar. For the first time in his 42 years, Mackenzie didn't have to look over his shoulder. For the first time, he wasn't a criminal trespassing on the property of absentee landlords. Who owns Scotland? On the whole, not the Scots. Until last June, the 17,800 hectares...
...Behavior for Stanford students outside of class.Academic honor codes operate on a mutual understanding between students and faculty. In this beautifully simple and effective “I scratch your back, you scratch mine” system, students are trusted to do their own work in a manner entirely unfamiliar to most Harvard students. Professors have the convenience of distributing examinations via e-mail or other methods to their students, who are trusted to complete exams wherever they choose, outside of the watchful eye of proctors or teaching fellows. If one student finds a fellow student violating the academic honor...
...resurgent left. But as he flew into in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina, on Thursday to try and head off a rift between his left-wing allies Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina over Bolivia's abrupt nationalizaton of its natural gas and oil industries this week, Chavez suddenly found himself in the unfamiliar role of quiet diplomat. And his success or failure may well determine whether or not he becomes the sort of regional leader he's always aspired to be - and which his avowed enemy, the Bush Administration, wants to make sure he never becomes...
...it’s not always possible to put Democratic issues on the agenda. In 2004, foreign policy had a strong claim on voter attention. But if Democrats want to switch the focus of debate, they’re eventually going to have to try something that may feel unfamiliar: They’re going to have to take a stand.To understand what I’m getting at, imagine that the next Democratic presidential candidate calls for a single payer healthcare system. With easy money from the insurance industry, the Republicans would go after the Democrat with guns blazing...
...First Second will be uniquely dedicated to new works of graphical literature. (Full disclosure: First Second has hired me to edit a book project due in 2008.) Unlike previous ventures into the graphic novel medium by traditional publishers, which tended to be more like timid toe-dips into an unfamiliar pond, First Second has an ambitious and smart lineup of books scheduled for the next three years. Based on the first releases that appear simultaneously this week, if First Second doesn't do well financially, it will at least have published some extremely interesting and admirable books...