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...Strengthening the hand of undemocratic regimes may be unavoidable in the short term. But in the long run, if the world is to be freed of the scourge of Islamist terrorism, that solution may not suffice - because unlike the state-sponsored terrorism of the 1970s and '80s, which came out of rogue nations like Libya and Syria, many of the terrorist groups Bin Laden has brought together first emerged under authoritarian regimes backed by the West...
...story of the Market Theater’s rise is unlikely in the extreme. It begins in the mid-80s with the decision of Carr, then a student at the Kennedy School, to co-found Boston Technology, a company which sells voice mail systems to telephone conglomerates. So great was Carr’s achievements in the tech world that, at one point, he became chairman of Prodigy...
...evening progressed, the cast went from merely wiping paint on dancers, to squirting them with the stuff, to instigating fights with foam noodles. And while some may prefer more recognizable tunes (á là the Leverett 80s dance), Boch has done Harvard a service by showcasing alternative theater uses for the dramatic community and simultaneously welcoming the Class of ’05 with an example of the kind of fun creative people can have before they...
...When we funded Afghan freedom fighters against the Soviets in the 80s, did we ever give money directly to Bin Laden...
...open. In general the stigma attached to unmarried women raising children is fading. "I think there is a different climate today," says Alison Garnham, Director of Policy for the London-based National Council for One Parent Families. "There was certainly a lot of blaming of lone parents in the '80s and '90s [in the U.K.] for all of society's ills. There is a much more reasonable approach now. There has been a toning down of the blame culture around lone parents which is a positive thing." In their comfortable home in south London, Alex Cannell and his partner...