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...World Bank admit the problem while insisting that their policies will boost living standards over the long term. But people in the Global South have lost patience with such talk. In Bolivia this month, rioting broke out because the government and a multinational consortium planned to raise fees for drinking water. Eight people were killed. It was a reminder that the globalization protests in Washington aren't simply the product of a Web-connected U.S. counterculture but of an anger that's building around the world--the defining North-South issue of our time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The IMF: Dr. Death? | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...Boson College Social Planning Committee decided to throw all conventions to the wind and plan a concert with old-school rap group Run DMC and college-rock favorites Guster co-headlining. Well, to be honest, "co headliners" is a relative term, and it would only be fair to admit that Guster stole the show last Wednesday in BC's Conte Forum. While Run DMC had its small share of loyal fans who apparently knew lyrics here and there within their set, the group's most emphatic claim was something along the lines of "Run DMC: Rap music since...

Author: By Laura Ditchell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Odd Couple | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

...best endgame in the world," said Pranav Anand '01, another Lowell math concentrator. Nope. "But he did lose to the A.B.P. chess master," Anand added. That part's true. "I've heard he can bench about 300 pounds," Heidi K. Kim '01 said. Maybe, but he'll never admit it. Professor of Mathematics Noam Elkies is something of a Harvard living legend, though he doesn't really understand...

Author: By Tom Castillo, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Gnoshin' with Noam | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

...While he'll admit to lifting a few times a week, he reiterates "You aren't going to see me as Mr. January...

Author: By Tom Castillo, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Gnoshin' with Noam | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

...racial profiling practiced by police departments across the nation. These racist acts no longer seem so unusual or exceptional when placed in context with the tenacity by which some southern states still cling to the cherished image of the antebellum South. Until the people of South Carolina admit that whistling Dixie isn't worth dividing the Union, South Carolina will remain a symbol of intolerance and bigotry...

Author: By Christina S. N. lewis, | Title: Not Gone With the Wind | 4/19/2000 | See Source »

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