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...army is like a racehorse, and governments are merely jockeys who come and go," said Privy Councilor Prem Tinsulanonda, a former army chief and Prime Minister, during a speech to cadets in July 2006. "The [military's] owners are the nation and the King." Under Thailand's constitution, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, a constitutional monarch, is commander in chief, although he does not appear to involve himself directly in military affairs. Two months after Prem's speech, the army ousted elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a bloodless coup. Over the past several weeks, the protesters on the streets of Bangkok...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Thailand's Military Answer to the Government? | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

After Monday's deadlocked election, councilor David P. Maher lead with a total of three votes from fellow council members Sam Seidel and Timothy J. Toomey, as well as himself...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BRIEF: Cambridge Remains Without Mayor as Council Members Split Votes | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

Outgoing Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons and councilor Henrietta Davis received only their own votes...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BRIEF: Cambridge Remains Without Mayor as Council Members Split Votes | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...sort of smutty striptease, Boston burlesque troops sometimes lack the funds or the street credentials to secure venues or even their own space to rehearse. When the Boston Babydolls moved into a dance studio in Quincy over a year ago, they were greeted by suspicion and accusation; the City Councilor for their particular area of the town, Brian F. McNamee, compared their appearance to the beginnings of Boston’s erstwhile “Combat Zone.” “The Combat Zone started out with innocent burlesque,” the Boston Globe quoted McNamee...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Getting a Leg Up | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...Calais to be razed in September, and three Afghans be deported back to their war-torn country. "Shaken by a series of political scandals that have thrust the FN back onto the stage, the government is again serving up the old nationalist soup," says Djamila Sonzogni, a Green Party councilor in eastern France. (See pictures of the French cracking down on migrants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Berets and Baguettes? France Rethinks Its Identity | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

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