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...baffling the grader or by fencing him but like this: “It is absurd to discuss whether Hume is representative of the age in which he lived unless we note the progress of that age on all fronts. After all, Hume did not live in a vacuum...

Author: By Donald CARSWELL ’, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beating the System | 5/15/2002 | See Source »

...Four wasted years" --"Moral vacuum" --"Rampant favoritism" --"Diploma mill" --"Hopelessly ill equipped" --"Spoiled brats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Commencement-Speaker Order Form | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

...chain reaction that once again tips the balance in the Bush administration towards a more forceful push for peace. Whatever course Israel chooses, the Gaza dilemma highlights the extent to which Washington's recent piecemeal efforts to stabilize the situation have not filled the security and political vacuum left in the wake of Israel's "Operation Defensive Shield." And Hamas has made clear that it plans a whole season of suicide bombs to wreck any resumption of the peace process...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Israel Hesitates on Gaza Raid | 5/10/2002 | See Source »

...satisfy senators that he's made his case for an invasion before the American people. Second, Bush will have to spell out "what happens after you succeed," says this senior aide. Will the administration remain in Iraq for the long haul after Saddam is overthrown? "Who fills the vacuum?" asks Sen. John Warner, the senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Are there persons who exist who can step in and gain the confidence of the Iraqi people and lead that nation?" Bush, he argues, must "inform the American people and others of the consequences of a significant military...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling the Saddam Attack to Skeptical Senators | 5/7/2002 | See Source »

...have the word dream in the title. He may want to perform more provocative material, but he knows he can't. Though their profession calls for them to strut onstage like rebels, Burma's rockers can only mime the anti-establishment part. Zaw Win Htut works in the sanitized vacuum of a country run by military rulers who view him automatically as a threat, a potential subversive, because he holds a microphone. Burma's cultural input is zealously monitored and artistic expression heavily censored. Musicians are controlled right down to the length of their hair. Outdoor concerts are seldom allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Rock | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

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